The Resource The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
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The item The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "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"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781984847386
- Label
- The department of sensitive crimes
- Title
- The department of sensitive crimes
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Subject
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- Police -- Sweden | Malmèo -- Fiction
- trueCriminal investigation
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- Malmèo (Sweden) -- Fiction
- trueMysteries
- trueMalmo, Sweden
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueGentle reads
- Humorous fiction
- Large type books
- trueDetectives
- truePolice
- trueHumorous stories
- trueSweden
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--Provided by publisher
- Summary
- Tasked with their Swedish Police Department's most unusual cases, lead detective Ulf Varg and his colorful associates investigate a bizarre stabbing, a lost imaginary boyfriend and a haunted spa
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10764071
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Detective Varg novel
- Series volume
- [1]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Police
- Missing persons
- Malmèo (Sweden)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Detective Varg novel
- Label
- The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781984847386
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : lg. print)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- MYSTERY
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1077281004
- Label
- The department of sensitive crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781984847386
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : lg. print)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- MYSTERY
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1077281004
Subject
- trueCriminal investigation
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueGentle reads
- Humorous fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- Large type books
- trueMalmo, Sweden
- Malmèo (Sweden) -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- trueMysteries
- truePolice
- Police -- Sweden | Malmèo -- Fiction
- trueSweden
Genre
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- Humorous fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- Large type books
- trueMysteries
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