The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf: A Detective Varg Novel (4) (Detective Varg Series #4) (Hardcover)
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Other Books in Series
This is book number 4 in the Detective Varg Series series.
- #1: The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg Novel (1) (Detective Varg Series #1) (Paperback): $14.40
- #2: The Talented Mr. Varg: A Detective Varg Novel (2) (Detective Varg Series #2) (Paperback): $16.00
- #3: The Man with the Silver Saab: A Detective Varg Novel (3) (Detective Varg Series #3) (Hardcover): $24.30
Description
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of preserving the peace.
The Department of Sensitive Crimes is downsizing in light of a recent downturn of sensitive crime, and staff members are wondering who among them will be transferred elsewhere. As the bickering between colleagues intensifies, Ulf tries his best to stay above the fray. But when Anna, a longtime friend and coworker, appears to blame him for an old case that went sideways, it seems she may be putting her own job prospects above their friendship.
In the midst of all this, Ulf embarks on an important inquiry: a man's cabin has mysteriously disappeared and Ulf is tasked with finding out what happened. How exactly does one steal a house? And, more to the point, how does one track down a stolen house? Meanwhile, a promising veterinary treatment for deafness in dogs has been announced, and Ulf’s dog, Martin, might be the perfect patient.
This latest novel is another masterful, farcical installment in the series that defines the genre that Alexander McCall Smith is singlehandedly championing: Scandi blanc.
About the Author
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and of a number of other series and stand-alone books. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been best sellers throughout the world. He lives in Scotland.
Praise For…
Praise for Alexander McCall Smith's Detective Varg series
"A lazy-dazy pleasure. . . . What binds the stories are the tight relationships of Varg and his colleagues and their hilariously human crotchets." —The New York Times Book Review
"Droll, droll, droll." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Cheerful or melancholy, irritated or resigned, Detective Varg gives the reader more dry wit, inspired whimsy and comic pleasure than any other Swedish investigator in the business." —The Wall Street Journal
