The Laughing Policeman, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

9780307390509
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2009
originally published as Den Skrattande polisen, 1968
211 pp.

translated by Alan Blair

I'm on a roll with this series -- this one is #4.  I've put down my thoughts about this book over where my crime fiction reading gets journaled, what I refer to as the Crime Segments.  If you like Scandinavian crime fiction, I'd highly suggest you take a look at this series.