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The Resource The talented Mr. Varg, Älexander McCall Smith

The talented Mr. Varg, Älexander McCall Smith

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In the second installment in the 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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eng
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Large print edition.
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9780593172049
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The talented Mr. Varg
Title
The talented Mr. Varg
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Älexander McCall Smith
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Talented Mister Varg
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eng
Summary
In the second installment in the 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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1948-
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McCall Smith, Alexander
Dewey number
823/.914
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
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Detective Varg novel
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  • Varg, Ulf
  • Private investigators
  • Authors
  • Extortion
  • Wild animal trade
  • Malmö (Sweden)
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The talented Mr. Varg, Älexander McCall Smith
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
310 pages
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593172049
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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  • on1152893502
  • (OCoLC)1152893502
Label
The talented Mr. Varg, Älexander McCall Smith
Publication
Copyright
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
Large print edition.
Extent
310 pages
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593172049
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1152893502
  • (OCoLC)1152893502

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