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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Mystery |
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Call Number:
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M |
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Author:
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McCall Smith, Alexander |
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Title:
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes |
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Remainder of title:
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a Detective Varg novel |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"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"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781524748210 (hardback) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9781524748227 (e-book) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Classification number:
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PR6063.C326 |
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Item number:
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D47 2019 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.914 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC022020 |
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Classification number:
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FIC016000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1948- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Alexander McCall Smith. |
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Edition statement:
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First United States edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Pantheon Books |
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Date of publication:
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2019 |
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Projected publication date:
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1904 |
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New York : |
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Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, |
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[2019] |
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Extent:
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229 p.; 24 cm. |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 04/15/2019 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 24.95 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Humorous. |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Mystery fiction. |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Humorous fiction. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk29 2018-08-23 |
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xk29 2018-08-23 ONIX to CIP via xk04 for review |
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Cat Courtade; phone: 212-572-2838; email: ccourtade@randomhouse.com; bc: cip@penguinrandomhouse.com |