The Laughing Policeman

7 hrs. 11 min.

Language Russian

Authors Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall

Author Per Wahlöö

Author Maj Sjöwall

Narrator Sergey Kirsanov

On November 13, 1967, in Stockholm, an unknown person shot with an automatic pistol all passengers of a city bus and its driver, and then fled. Among the dead was Oke Stenström, one of Martin Beck’s colleagues. In 1971, for this novel, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö received the “Edgar” award as best novel in the crime genre. In 1995, the novel took 2nd place in the category of “novels realistically depicting police work” from the list of “100 best crime novels” by the association “Detective Writers of America.” In 1973, the novel was adapted for film in the USA, with the setting moved from Sweden to San Francisco.

1. Roseanna (narrated by Leontina Brotskaya) 2. The Vanishing Swede (narrated by Irina Yerisanova) 4. The Laughing Policeman 5. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (narrated by Sergey Kirsanov) 6. Cop Killer (narrated by Leontina Brotskaya) 7. The Abominable Man (narrated by theater actors) 8. The Locked Room (narrated by Nikolay Koziy) 9. Murder at the Savoy (narrated by Viktor Vlasenko)