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008 180823s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a 2018040221
020 _a1524748218 :
_c$24.95
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPR6063.C326
_bD47 2019
082 0 0 _a823/.914
_223
084 _aFIC016000
_aFIC022020
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aMcCall Smith, Alexander,
_d1948-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Department of Sensitive Crimes /
_cAlexander McCall Smith.
250 _aFirst United States edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPantheon Books,
_c[2019]
300 _a229 pages ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aA Detective Varg novel
510 4 _aBooklist,
_cFebruary 15, 2019
510 4 _aLibrary Journal,
_cMarch 07, 2019
510 4 _aKirkus Reviews,
_cFebruary 01, 2019
510 4 _aPublishers Weekly,
_cJanuary 14, 2019
520 _a"The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously. The lead detective, Ulf Varg, prioritizes his cases above even his dog's mental health. Then there are detectives Anna Bengsdotter, who keeps her relationship with Varg professional even as she realizes she's developing feelings for him . . . or at least for his car, and Carl Holgersson, first to arrive in the morning and last to leave, who would never read his colleagues' personal correspondence--unless it could help solve a crime, of course. Finally, there's Erik Nykvist, who peppers conversations with anecdotes about fly fishing. Along with an opinionated local police officer named Blomquist, the Department of Sensitive Crimes takes on three extremely strange cases. First, the detectives investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed . . . in the back of the knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And, in the final investigation, Varg must determine whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element. Using his renowned wit and warmth, Alexander McCall Smith brings a unique perspective on Scandinavian crime. Equal parts hilarious and heartening, The Department of Sensitive Crimes is a tour de farce from a literary master"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aDetectives
_vFiction.
655 7 _aHumorous fiction.
_2gsafd
655 7 _aMystery fiction.
_2gsafd
942 0 0 _013
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_d50499