The Resource The Department of Sensitive Crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
The Department of Sensitive Crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
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 Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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 Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Note
- Series taken from jacket
- Isbn
- 9781524748210
- Label
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- Title
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Subject
-
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- FICTION -- Humorous
- FICTION -- Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Malm? (Sweden)
- Malmö (Sweden) -- Fiction
- Malmö (Sweden) -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Police
- Police -- Fiction
- Police -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden | Malmö -- Fiction
- Sweden -- Fiction
- Sweden -- Malmö
- Varg, Ulf
- Varg, Ulf, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Criminal investigation -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- Series statement
- A Detective Varg Novel
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Varg, Ulf
- Varg, Ulf
- Police
- Malmö (Sweden)
- Police
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Police
- Malm? (Sweden)
- Police
- Sweden
- Malmö (Sweden)
- Criminal investigation
- Police
- Sweden
- Label
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
- Note
- Series taken from jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1050456718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524748210
- Lccn
- 2018040221
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 300, 520, 600, 650, 651
- Other control number
- 9781524748210
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050456718
- Label
- The Department of Sensitive Crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
- Note
- Series taken from jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1050456718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524748210
- Lccn
- 2018040221
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 300, 520, 600, 650, 651
- Other control number
- 9781524748210
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050456718
Subject
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- FICTION -- Humorous
- FICTION -- Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Malm? (Sweden)
- Malmö (Sweden) -- Fiction
- Malmö (Sweden) -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Police
- Police -- Fiction
- Police -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden | Malmö -- Fiction
- Sweden -- Fiction
- Sweden -- Malmö
- Varg, Ulf
- Varg, Ulf, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Criminal investigation -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
Genre
- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery fiction
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