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On the day after Christmas, head of Department Q Detective Carl Mørck finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen’s Vestre prison. After 15 years, a violent case from his past has caught up with him. Charges of drug trafficking and murder threaten to destroy his life and career.
But he is being framed. Someone has a million dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn’t talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison’s incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. The question that remains is, why?
Carl’s colleagues at the Copenhagen Police Department instantly turn their backs on him, leaving the ever-loyal Department Q team as his only hope. In search of answers, Rose, Assad, and Gordon must disobey direct orders from way up the chain to try to unravel the case.
With only each other to trust and Carl’s battle against the unknown mastermind’s henchmen worsening by the day, they must work faster than ever before if they are to clear his name – and save his life.
Readers love the Department Q series
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So engrossing’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The best author around’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Left me wanting more’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another gripping read from Jussi Adler-Olsen!’
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series:
‘Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more’ Kirkus
‘Adler-Olsen is the new “it” boy of Nordic Noir’ The Times
‘Engrossing’ Sunday Express
‘Gripping storytelling’ Guardian
‘As impressive as it is unnerving’ Independent
On the day after Christmas, head of Department Q Detective Carl Mørck finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen’s Vestre prison. After 15 years, a violent case from his past has caught up with him. Charges of drug trafficking and murder threaten to destroy his life and career.
But he is being framed. Someone has a million dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn’t talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison’s incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. The question that remains is, why?
Carl’s colleagues at the Copenhagen Police Department instantly turn their backs on him, leaving the ever-loyal Department Q team as his only hope. In search of answers, Rose, Assad, and Gordon must disobey direct orders from way up the chain to try to unravel the case.
With only each other to trust and Carl’s battle against the unknown mastermind’s henchmen worsening by the day, they must work faster than ever before if they are to clear his name – and save his life.
Readers love the Department Q series
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So engrossing’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The best author around’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Left me wanting more’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another gripping read from Jussi Adler-Olsen!’
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series:
‘Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more’ Kirkus
‘Adler-Olsen is the new “it” boy of Nordic Noir’ The Times
‘Engrossing’ Sunday Express
‘Gripping storytelling’ Guardian
‘As impressive as it is unnerving’ Independent
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN'S DEPARTMENT Q SERIES: Quirky, tense and delightfully unpredictable
Scandinavian crime novels don't get much darker than Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q police procedurals
Adler-Olsen is the new "it" boy of Nordic Noir
Gripping storytelling
Adler-Olsen sends this excellent series out on a high note, reaping the benefits of his deep character work in the previous novels. Fans will be thrilled
