title: Bill Bergson, Master Detective (novel)
text: # Bill Bergson, Master Detective (novel)
  
  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).
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  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.
  
  ## Films
  
  There is a film based on the book, Bill Bergson, Master Detective, produced in 1947.
  
  