The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery Audiobook

" A satisfactory novel, rather short. Satisfactory... Yes, that word suits it quite well. "

" A beautifully written detective/murder mystery. The Swedish setting adds to the uniqueness of this story. "

" Martin Beck is growing on me. He's a difficult man to like but somehow you feel like you're right in side his thoughts and you begin to understand why he is and does what he does. A man totally dedicated to police work. The books stand alone though he did make reference to past murders and victims but not to the point that it would have detracted if you'd not read the previous books. An excellent collaboration "

" Third in the series and maybe my favorite so far "

" Happily moving on to the next in the series... "

" Not the best book in the Martin Beck series, but pretty engaging nonetheless. "

" I'm just enjoying making my way through this series! "

" Great police procedural set in Stockholm. Read more of theirs. "

" 3rd in the series and was wonderful. They capture the frustrations and the smaller details of police investigations so well. "

" Grimly fascinating, this one is not exactly a mystery since so much is revealed at the outset. One must be careful starting one of this series; they're so hard to put down--it's easy to let oneself get pulled away from other things one should be doing. "

" Didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Maybe because it wasn't the first novel in the series, so who was who was a little confusing, but also because I felt the story didn't particularly flow, and it ended quite abruptly. It wouldn't inspire me to read the rest of the series. "

" This is the third book in the series and was solidly well written. "

" This was a pretty good book. Even though a lot of the police procedures are changed, with cell phones, and computers. It showed how Martin Beck knew in his gut what happened. "

" excellent entry in the martin beck series, but also profoundly depressing. "

" Still imploring others to give this 1970s Swedish police procedural series a try. This case involves a child murderer who haunts Stockholm for a few weeks of a hot summer as Martin Beck and his fellow squad are baffled and rebuted at every turn. Yes, you can. "

" I am very glad is stumbled into these authors. The prose is very simple but powerful. You find them in the mystery section but they could be in the literature section as well. Martin Beck would be comfortable working with the police of the 878th Precinct. "

" For me, this fell apart a bit at the end. But most of the story was fairly interesting and gripping. "

" Grimly fascinating, this one is not exactly a mystery since so much is revealed at the outset. One must be careful starting one of this series; they're so hard to put down--it's easy to let oneself get pulled away from other things one should be doing. "