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The Talented Mr Varg

Detective Varg, Book 2

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The Talented Mr Varg

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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In the second installment in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious philanderer - a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may be all bark and no bite.

©2020 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Detective Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Political Private Investigators Fiction

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"Depend on the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and 44 Scotland Street novels to make even a Nordic Noir mystery delightful." (Newsday)
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McCall Smith’s usual gentle wit and circumlocution. Not a deep and meaningful story - but lots to think about.

Gentle

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Was thrown by this book. The narrator is excellent and gives life to all the characters but it is deceptive in calling itself a detective book as no real detecting in the trades se happens. It’s more a series of conversations and reflections on life. Not what I was expecting but still an enjoyable listen.

Odd, certainly not a detective book!

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These Swedish detective books by McCall Smith are excellent....and the narrator is perfect...just what I needed in lockdown.

Great listen

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Another excursion into the gentle humour of the whimsical world of Detective Varg and his hearing impaired, lip reading dog, Martin. Beautifully read by Saul Reichlin, it is the perfect antidote to the doom and gloom of the current Coronavirus lock-down.

Perfect antidote to lock-down

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can't wait for the next book in this series from a.m.s. brilliant author in my opinion

couldn't stop reading. another fab book ca

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