10 best-selling mystery thriller books like The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith

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The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Department of Sensitive Crimes is Scandinavian Blanc, vastly different from Scandinavian Noir. …

"You can’t do much about a personality disorder. Cats are psychopaths at heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"Dogs can read signals -- look at sheepdogs; they understand hand movements for left and right. Dogs are no fools, you know." He paused. "Well, some are. Some dogs are truly stupid, Ulf."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"All suspects should be given the chance to telephone their lawyers or their mothers, and it would not be surprising if they chose to call their mothers. After all, your mother is fall more likely to believe in your innocence than your lawyer."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"I like you when you're algebraic," said Ulf--and immediately regretted it. It was a flirtatious remark--describing somebody as algebraic was undoubtedly to cross a line. You would not normally describe an ordinary friend as algebraic, and then say that you liked her that way."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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3. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

By: Leonie Swann

3.51

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Swann's The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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6. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Department of Sensitive Crimes is Scandinavian Blanc, vastly different from Scandinavian Noir. … read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • humor
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • sweden
  • audiobook
"You can’t do much about a personality disorder. Cats are psychopaths at heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"Dogs can read signals -- look at sheepdogs; they understand hand movements for left and right. Dogs are no fools, you know." He paused. "Well, some are. Some dogs are truly stupid, Ulf."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"All suspects should be given the chance to telephone their lawyers or their mothers, and it would not be surprising if they chose to call their mothers. After all, your mother is fall more likely to …"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"I like you when you're algebraic," said Ulf--and immediately regretted it. It was a flirtatious remark--describing somebody as algebraic was undoubtedly to cross a line. You would not normally descri…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

Cover of The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman

8. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

Cover of Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) by M.C. Beaton

9. Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an in… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) by Robert Thorogood

10. The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero… Judith Potts is seventy-seven years … read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Casino Banale (Spencer, #1)

By: Jure Godler

3.83

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Casino Banale je prvi roman avtorja Jureta Godlerja. Satirična kriminalka opisuje dan v življenj… read more

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12. Rdeča kapica

By: Irena Svetek

4.12

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Ko Ljubljano prekrije sneg, sredi parka na Kodeljevem sprehajalec psa odkrije golo truplo brutalno … read more

Similar categories in Irena Svetek's Rdeča kapica book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. Olje na balkonu (Primeri Inšpektorja Vrenka, #1)

By: Avgust Demšar

3.92

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Nekega jutra najdejo zdravnika, sedečega na stolu sredi kuhinje, pod njim pa sta se iz prerezanih z… read more

Similar categories in Avgust Demšar's Olje na balkonu (Primeri Inšpektorja Vrenka, #1) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. Pustolovec zmote: patetični priročnik za razumevanje priletnega alfa samca

By: Miha Šalehar

3.84

Format: 220 pages, None

Ko se nekega jutra zbudiš, vate udari neizprosno dejstvo: namesto seksi optimalnih 35 let in 86 kil… read more

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15. Ime mi je Sarajevo

By: Adriana Kuci

4.33

Format: 207 pages, ebook

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3.51

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