A review by fuelscience
The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith

4.0

This is the second in McCall Smith’s Detective Varg series. Detective Ulf Varg (translated into English—Wolf Wolf) heads The Department of Sensitive Crimes in Malmo, Sweden. He is very decent and ethical man who is also very Swedish and introspective. In this book he deals with the possible adultery of his colleague’s husband, along with accusations of blackmail and export fraud while trying to help a young policeman become integrated into his unit. Varg’s internal ethical struggles occupy much of the book. As the author says, “Ångest—angst—was everywhere. Every Swede carried it in his or her soul, people said.”