Roseanna is a 1965 police procedural murder mystery novel written by Swedish authors Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall. Set in southern Sweden, Roseanna is the first story to feature First Detective Inspector Martin Beck and his colleagues at the National Police. - AsNotedIn
They found the corpse on the eighth of July just after three o'clock in the afternoon. It was fairly well intact and couldn't have been lying in the water very long. Actually, it was mere chance that they found the body at all. And finding it so quickly should have aided the police investigation. Below the locks at Borenshult there is a breakwater which protects the entrance to the lake from the east wind. When the canal opened for traffic that spring, the channel had begun to clog up. The boats had a hard time maneuvering and their propellers churned up thick clouds of yellowish mud from the bottom. It wasn't hard to see that something had to be done.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1965/00/00 | Maj Sjowall | Author | Norstedts publishes "Roseanna" by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall. | ||||
| 1965/00/00 | Per Wahloo | Author | "Roseanna" by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall is published in Sweden by Norstedts. | ||||
| 1965/00/00 | Norstedts | Publisher | Norstedts publishes "Roseanna" by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall. | Norstedt Building | Stockholm | ||
| 1965/00/00 | Martin Beck | Detective Inspector | Martin Beck first appears in 'Roseanna' by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. "He was a First Detective Inspector with the National Police and had been with the Homicide Bureau for eight years." | ||||
| 1967/00/00 | Pantheon Books | Publisher | "Roseanna" by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall is published in the United States by Pantheon Books. |
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Crime | Crime | ||
| Human Anatomy | Decollete | area of the upper chest, neck and shoulders of a woman | |
| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Law and Order | Law Enforcement, Police | the department of people who enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Genre | Nordic Noir | crime fiction genre characterized by bleak, cold settings, dark and morally complex narratives, and the exploration of social issues like misogyny and racism within seemingly prosperous societies | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Police Procedural | a subgenre of crime fiction that focuses on the detailed, step-by-step process of police investigations, often featuring law enforcement officers as the protagonists | |
| Clothing | Trench Coat | long, waterproof heavy-duty fabric rain coat, popular in the trenches during First World War | |
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| Original Language: | Swedish | ||
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