Micaela Vargas is a co-protagonist of the Rekke & Vargas series by David Lagercrantz. A police officer with a tenacious approach to investigation, Vargas seeks out the reclusive Professor Hans Rekke when she needs help with a case that has gone cold.
Vargas brings determination and practical investigative skills to her partnership with Rekke. Where Rekke provides brilliant analysis and pattern recognition, Vargas handles the legwork, interviews, and police procedures necessary to build cases. Her persistence is what initially draws Rekke out of his isolation and keeps their partnership functioning.
As one of Lagercrantz’s original characters, Vargas represents a different kind of protagonist than the author wrote in the Millennium series, grounding the Rekke & Vargas books in realistic police work.