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Almost two decades ago a car accident thrust Rina Morrell’s life into darkness.Unable to deal with the traumatic loss of her mother, Rina’s young mind built a wall that blocked her vision and her memories of the event. Years later Rina still suffers from psychosomatic blindness – unable to see the danger that lies next to her. Until a series of “accidents” restores her physical sight and a mysterious second vision…When she discovers that her husband is the head of the infamous Chavez family, a drugs cartel with powerful political and terrorist connections, and that he’s responsible for her mother’s death, Rina is terrified. With the help of CIA Agent JT Wyatt she escapes into the Witness Security Programme.But even anonymity can’t protect her from the knowledge locked inside her head…or the fact that her ex-husband, a cold-blooded killer, is still on the loose.

The fantastic fourth classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.The Martin Beck series is widely recognised as the greatest masterpiece of crime fiction ever written. These are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell; Graham Greene to Jonathan Franzen. Translated into 35 languages, they have sold over 10 million copies around the world.Written in the 1960s, they are the work of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo – a husband-and-wife team from Sweden. The ten novels follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction. The novels can be read separately, but do follow a chronological order, so the reader can become familiar with the characters and develop a loyalty to the series. Each book will have a new introduction in order to help bring these books to a new audience.On a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by an unknown assassin. The press, anxious for an explanation for the seemingly random crime, quickly dubs him a madman. But Martin Beck of the Homicide Squad suspects otherwise: this apparently motiveless killer has managed to target one of Beck’s best detectives – and he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.With its wonderfully observed lawmen, its brilliantly rendered felons and their murky Stockholm underworld, and its deftly engineered plot, ‘The Laughing Policeman’ has long been recognised as a classic of the police procedural.