Detective Martin Beck probes the strangling of a free-spirited young woman dredged from Lake Vattern, tracing her identity among cruise passengers.
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Detective Martin Beck probes the strangling of a free-spirited young woman dredged from Lake Vattern, tracing her identity among cruise passengers.
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"The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries ... finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler. On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues, Beck begins an investigation not only to uncover a murderer but also to discover who the victim was. Three months later, all Beck knows is that her name was Roseanna and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people on a cruise. As the melancho...
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Sexual content
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Victim's casual sexual encounters discussed; implied rape central to murder investigation
Violence & gore
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Strangulation murder; victim's body recovered from lake
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Social commentary on 1960s Swedish society and institutions
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Sexual assault and murder drive the central investigation
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