Series: Detective Varg

The Talented Mr Varg is the second book in Alexander McCall Smith's new DETECTIVE VARG series. 'Reading the novel feels like a form of meditation . . . There is much to enjoy' Scotsman Spring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg's promised promotion at the Department of Sensitive Crimes. For Varg,...

The Man with the Silver Saab is the third book in Alexander McCall Smith's new Detective Varg series. Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases that Malmö's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test them to their limits. Life — and crime — is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmö's...

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo introduced us to 'Scandi noir'. Now, welcome to Alexander McCall Smith's world of Scandi blanc... Ulf Varg works in Malmö's Department of Sensitive Crimes. Like all Scandinavian detectives, he has his issues. In his case, these include his unresolved feelings for his colleague, Anna; his impatience over the seeming incompetence of his irritating colleague...