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27 MILLION BOOKS SOLD
WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD
‘Scandinavian crime novels don’t get much darker than Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q
police procedurals‘ New York Times Book Review
In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive at first, but then he receives some shocking news. Carl then has no choice but to lead Department Q into the tragic cold case of a vivacious seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from school, only to be found dead hanging high up in a tree.
The investigation will take them from the remote island of Bornholm to a hidden cult, where Carl and his assistants must stop a string of new murders by a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything-or anyone-get in the way.
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
27 MILLION BOOKS SOLD
WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD
‘Scandinavian crime novels don’t get much darker than Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q
police procedurals‘ New York Times Book Review
In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive at first, but then he receives some shocking news. Carl then has no choice but to lead Department Q into the tragic cold case of a vivacious seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from school, only to be found dead hanging high up in a tree.
The investigation will take them from the remote island of Bornholm to a hidden cult, where Carl and his assistants must stop a string of new murders by a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything-or anyone-get in the way.
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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