Jussi Adler-Olsen

A U.S. release of a first installment in a top award-winning Danish series introduces chief detective Carl Morck, who after recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Detective Carl M²rck investigates the twenty-year-old murders of a brother and sister whose confessed killer may actually be innocent, a case with ties to a homeless woman and powerful adversaries.

The Absent One

Krimi. En femten år gammel flaskepost med et fortvivlet råb om hjælp lander hos Afdeling Q, og snart er Carl Mørck dybt begravet i en syg sag om en psykopatisk morder, religiøs fanatisme og værgeløse børn.

krimithriller

Flaskepost fra P

While investigating a cold case involving the murder of a seventeen year old girl, the head of Department Q and his team infiltrate a cult in an attempt to stop a new string of killers.

The Hanging Girl

Journal fireogtreds

Marco Effekten

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet--perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide investigation from over a decade ago, but the connection between the two victims confounds the police. Across town a group of young women are being hunted. The attacks seem random, but could these brutal acts of violence be related? Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q is charged with solving the mystery. Back at headquarters, Carl and his team are under pressure to deliver results: failure to meet his superiors' expectations will mean the end of Department Q. Solving the case, however, is not their only concern. After an earlier breakdown, their colleague Rose is still struggling to deal with the reemergence of her past--a past in which a terrible crime may have been committed. It is up to Carl, Assad, and Gordon to uncover the dark and violent truth at the heart of Rose's childhood before it is too late.

The Scarred Woman

In the heart-pounding next installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own--the enigmatic Assad. The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117--the two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea. But to three people, the unnamed victim is so much more, and the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerous--and deeply personal--case. A case that not only reveals dark secrets about the past, but has deadly implications for the future. For troubled Danish teen Alexander, whose identity is hidden behind his computer screen, the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses in real life. For Ghallib, one of the most brutal tormentors from Abu Ghraib--Saddam Hussein's infamous prison--the death of Victim 2117 was the first step in a terrorist plot years in the making. And for Department Q's Assad, Victim 2117 is a link to his buried past--and the family he assumed was long dead. With the help of the Department Q squad--Carl, Rose, and Gordon--Assad must finally confront painful memories from his years in the Middle East in order to find and capture Ghallib. But with the clock ticking down to Alexander's first kill and Ghallib's devastating attack, the thinly spread Department Q will need to stay one step ahead of their most lethal adversary yet if they are to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives.

Victim 2117

Und dann kam die Angst wie ein schleichendes Gift. Die verzerrte Stimme kam aus einem Lautsprecher irgendwo im Dunklen: "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu deinem Geburtstag, Merete. Du bist jetzt hier seit 126 Tagen, und das ist unser Geburtstagsgeschenk: Das Licht wird von nun an ein Jahr lang eingeschaltet bleiben. Es sei denn, du weisst die Antwort: Warum halten wir dich fest?" Am 2. März 2002 verschwindet eine Frau spurlos auf der Fähre von Rødby nach Puttgarden, man vermutet Tod durch Ertrinken. Doch sie ist nicht tot, sondern wird in einem Gefängnis aus Beton gefangen gehalten. Wer sind die Täter? Was wollen sie von dieser Frau? Und: Kann ein Mensch ein solches Martyrium überleben? Jussi Adler-Olsen veröffentlicht seit 1997 Romane, seit 2007 die erfolgreiche Serie um Carl Mørck vom Sonderdezernat Q. Mit den Thrillern "Erbarmen", "Schändung", "Erlösung" und "Verachtung" sowie seinen Romanen "Das Alphabethaus" und "Das Washington Dekret" stürmt er die internationalen Bestsellerlisten. Seine vielfach preisgekrönten Bücher erscheinen in über 30 Ländern, die Filmrechte an der Sonderdezernat-Q-Serie hat Lars von Triers Produktionsfirma Zentropa erworben.

Der erste Fall für Carl Mørck, Sonderdezernat Q ; Thriller

Erbarmen

Receiving a sealed bottle with a years-old plea for help by two young victims imprisoned in a boathouse by the sea, Detective Carl Mørck follows leads to a desperate woman trapped in a brutal marriage to a man who keeps her in isolation and hides deadly secrets. By the award-winning author of The Absent One.

A Conspiracy of Faith

Der neunte Fall für Carl Mørck, Sonderdezernat Q, Thriller

NATRIUM CHLORID

Conducting a special photo-reconnaissance mission in World War II Dresden, two British pilots are shot down and try to escape on an SS senior soldier train only to land in a mental hospital where patients are subjected to experimental therapies. A #1 international best-seller.

The Alphabet House

Kvinden i buret

Der dritte Fall für Carl Mørck, Sonderdezernat Q Thriller

Erlösung

Afdeling Q - Bind 8

Denied Danish citizenship and an education by his oppressive gypsy clan leader, 15-year-old Marco is forced to beg and steal before fleeing in the wake of a murderous act, which is investigated by Detective Carl Mørck for its ties to petty crime rings, embezzlers and child soldiers. By the best-selling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes. 75,000 first printing.

The Marco Effect

After new evidence surfaces, Detective Carl M²and his assistants look into the case of a brothel owner who went missing in the 1980s and discover that numerous other people went missing around the same time.

A Department Q Novel

The Purity of Vengeance

At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. *** Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. *** The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: WHY is this happening?

Mercy

Nach ›Erbarmen‹ jetzt der zweite Fall für das Sonderdezernat Q. "Der Blutdurst der Jäger. Wie würden sie es machen? Ein einzelner Schuss? Nein. So gnädig waren die nicht, diese Teufel, so waren sie nicht ..." Ein Leichenfund in einem Sommerhaus in Rørvig. Zwei Geschwister sind brutal ermordet worden. Der Verdacht fällt auf eine Gruppe junger Schüler eines exklusiven Privatinternats, die für ihre Gewaltorgien bekannt sind. Einer von ihnen gesteht. Zwanzig Jahre später. Nachdem Carl Mørck aus dem Urlaub zurückkommt, stößt ihn sein Assistent Assad mit der Nase auf die verstaubte Rørvig-Akte. Doch von oberster Stelle werden ihnen weitere Ermittlungen verboten. Carl und Assad ist klar, dass hier etwas zum Himmel stinkt: Die Spuren führen hinauf bis in die höchsten Kreise der Gesellschaft, in die Welt der Aktienhändler, Reeder und Schönheitschirurgen – und sie führen ganz weit nach unten, in die Abgründe der Gesellschaft, zu einer Obdachlosen: äußerlich hart wie Granit, doch mit einer blutenden Seele ...

Jussi Adler-Olsen

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