Since the manner of his killing seemed incomprehensible, the simplest procedure seemed to be to try and find the murderer first, and then ask him how he’d done it.
The Locked Room (The Martin Beck series, Book 8), Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö (UK) (US)
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