Alexander McCall Smith. (2023). The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

Alexander McCall Smith. 2023. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf. Recorded Books, Inc.

Alexander McCall Smith, The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf. Recorded Books, Inc, 2023.

Alexander McCall Smith. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2023.

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     July 31, 2023
     A crime ripped from the mind of Mother Goose animates McCall’s witty fourth outing for Swedish police detective Ulf Varg (after 2021’s The Man in the Silver Saab). Fridolf Bengtsson, owner of Sweden’s largest bacon-processing business, arrives at Ulf’s office in the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report that his country cottage has been stolen—literally removed from its foundations and taken somewhere else. While Ulf investigates, he faces an additional pair of time-sensitive problems: in order to cut down on operating costs, he must select a member of his tight-knit team to transfer to another department; and his girlfriend, a veterinarian’s assistant, is nudging him to get experimental cochlear implants for his nearly deaf dog. Ulf and company are extremely pleasant company, lending this farcical mystery all the comforts of a good cozy without most of the clichés, and Smith juggles the various subplots with ease. Simply put, this is good-natured fun. Agent: Robin Straus, Robin Straus Agency.

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   • content: David Rintoul returns to the role of Detective Ulf Varg in another charming trip to the Department of Sensitive Crimes. This time around Alexander McCall Smith's tongue-in-cheek take on the dour Scandi noir genre sees Ulf investigating the missing cabin of a bacon magnate while negotiating potential downsizing at work. Meanwhile, Ulf's girlfriend is convinced that his deaf dog, Martine, needs experimental cochlear implant surgery. Rintoul strikes the perfect balance of seriousness and satire, drawing out each improbable suspect interview and meandering conversation about trivialities to the brink of absurdity without tipping over. His tone of wry affability as Ulf and his voicings of the various secondary characters, such as the kind but pedantic Blomquist, will keep listeners absorbed and smiling. N.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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