Bill Bergson, Master Detective | |
Author: | Astrid Lindgren |
Title Orig: | Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist |
Translator: | Herbert Antoine |
Illustrator: | Louis S. Glanzman |
Country: | Sweden |
Language: | Swedish |
Series: | Bill Bergson |
Genre: | Children's literature |
Publisher: | Rabén & Sjögren |
Pub Date: | 1946 |
English Pub Date: | 1952 |
Media Type: | |
Pages: | 200 pp |
Oclc: | 186744453 |
Followed By: | Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously |
Bill Bergson, Master Detective (original Swedish title Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist) is a children's novel by Astrid Lindgren. It is the first in the series about the Swedish boy detective, in English translation named Bill Bergson (Swedish name: Kalle Blomkvist).
Bill Bergson investigates his friend's mysterious cousin, who is behaving suspiciously, and solves the mystery of a jewel robbery.
Bill and five of his friends also play a mock war game, with the White Roses and the Red Roses vying for possession of an unusual stone.
There is a film based on the book, Bill Bergson, Master Detective, produced in 1947.