The Department of Sensitive Crimes
Detective Varg · Book 1Description
In a quiet corner of Malmö, Detective Ulf Varg and his colleagues at the Department of Sensitive Crimes investigate cases too peculiar—and too low-priority—for ordinary police work. Their inquiries range from a mysterious injury behind the knee and a missing imaginary boyfriend to unsettling encounters at a supernatural spa, drawing the team into the strange, intimate mysteries of everyday life. With gentle humor, humane insight, and a distinctly Scandinavian Blanc sensibility, the novel explores loneliness, empathy, emotional uncertainty, and the often-surprising ways people seek connection. Alexander McCall Smith offers a warm, understated alternative to conventional Nordic noir, where the detectives’ greatest challenge may be understanding the people they are trying to help.
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paperback
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Published Jan 1, 2019
256 pages
ISBN: 9781408711255
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First Published
2019
Language
eng
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