The Laughing Policeman Jane Adams he ultimately has no option

he ultimately has no option but to turn to the man he despises

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The Laughing Policeman Jane Adams he ultimately has no optionOn a cold and rainy Stockholm night, nine bus riders are gunned down by an unknown assassin. The press, anxious for an explanation for the seemingly random crime, quickly dubs him a madman. But Martin Beck of the Homicide Squad suspects otherwise: this apparently motiveless killer has managed to target one of Becks best detectives and he, surely, would not have been riding that lethal bus without a reason.