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001			on1050456718
003			OCoLC
005			20190425133445.0
008			180823s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2018040221
020			_a9781524748210 _q(hardback)
020			_a1524748218
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBDX _dHSA
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. _987566
245	1	4	_aThe Department of Sensitive Crimes _bA Detective Varg novel
250			_aFirst United States edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, _c[2019]
300			_a229 pages cm
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"--
655		7	_aHumorous fiction. _2gsafd _987567
655		7	_aMystery fiction. _2gsafd _987568
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