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The Talented Mr. Varg
The Talented Mr. Varg: A Detective Varg Novel (2) | Alexander McCall Smith
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In the second installment in the bestselling Detective Varg novels, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious lothario--a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may, much to his chagrin, be all bark and no bite. The Department of Sensitive Crimes, renowned for taking on the most obscure and irrelevant cases, led by Ulf Varg, their best detective, is always prepared to take on an investigation, no matter how complex. So when Ulf is approached by the girlfriend of Trig Oloffson, who claims her beau (the infamous bad boy of Swedish letters) is being blackmailed, Ulf is determined to help. It turns out that this wild bear of a man may be more of a teddy. And while Swedes are notoriously tolerant, finding out that their beloved rough and tumble ink slinger is more likely to use a pen than a sword...well, there are limits. Even for the Swedish. The case requires all of Ulf's concentration, but he finds himself distracted by his brother's questionable politics and meteoric rise within the Moderate Extremist Party and by his own constant attraction to his married co-worker Anna. When Ulf is then tasked with looking into a group of dealers exporting wolves that seem decidedly domestic, it will require all of his team's investigative instincts and dogged persistence to put these matters to bed.
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Tamra
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😭 I am bailing on the second installment and I‘m disappointed. This first book was okay, but I‘m bored 7 chapters into this one. Here is the deal: I love McCall‘s #1 Ladies Detective Agency and this series likewise revolves around a MC detective. Though a completely different setting, McCall likes to explore human nature, behavior & culture, so it feels much the same but without all of the charm of Maa Romatswe & cast. 😑

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Andrew65
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The new Alexander McCall Smith book due out in April, this is the second book in the series. Hope to get to this series later this year.

#Talented #ReallyRandomFebruary

BookishMe 💗His books 💗 5y
Andrew65 @BookishMe He does write great books. 5y
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BookishMe @Andrew65 I cannot agree more! So pleased to be #rereadingRamotswe20 ;D 5y
Andrew65 @BookishMe I‘ve only got one book in the series to go! Perhaps I need to re-Read them! 5y
BookishMe @Andrew65 👍🏽👍🏽 go for it! 5y
Geenie ❤️ this guy. 5y
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