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The Department Of Sensitive Crimes (Paperback): Alexander McCall Smith

The Department Of Sensitive Crimes (Paperback)

Alexander McCall Smith

Series: Detective Varg

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In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division.

These are their stories.

The first case: the small matter of a man stabbed in the back of the knee. Who would perpetrate such a crime and why? Next: a young woman’s imaginary boyfriend goes missing. But how on earth do you search for someone who doesn’t exist? And in the final investigation: eerie secrets that are revealed under a full moon may not seem so supernatural in the light of day. No case is too unusual, too complicated, or too, well insignificant for this squad to solve.

The team: Ulf “the Wolf” Varg, the top dog, thoughtful and diligent; Anna Bengsdotter, who’s in love with Varg’s car (and possibly Varg too); Carl Holgersson, who likes nothing more than filling out paperwork; and Erik Nykvist, who is deeply committed to fly fishing.

With the help of a rather verbose local police officer, this crack team gets to the bottom of cases other detectives can’t or won’t bother to handle. Equal parts hilarious and heartening, The Department of Sensitive Crimes is a tour de farce from a true master.

General

Imprint: Little, Brown
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Detective Varg
Release date: February 2019
Authors: Alexander McCall Smith
Dimensions: 232 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-1125-5
Categories: Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN: 1-4087-1125-7
Barcode: 9781408711255

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The Department of Sensitive Crimes

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 | Review by: Chris G.

Not a great plot - very thin. The book is strong on descriptive and incidental writing that does nothing to assist the story. A great disappointment to me. Set in Sweden and obviously using Swedish names makes following the characters and the story less-than-easy to follow. Very far from his best.

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