@2@@20@The international no. 1 bestseller returns with his most captivating and suspenseful novel yet - perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.@21@ @3@@2@In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. Though the case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide from over a decade ago, the police cannot find any connection between the two victims. Across town a group of young women are being hunted down. The attacks seem random, but could these brutal acts of violence be related? Detective Carl Morck of Department Q is charged with solving the mystery.@3@@2@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 a breakdown, their colleague Rose is struggling to deal with the ghosts of her past - a past seemingly connected to one of the division's most sinister case-files. It is up to Carl, Assad and Gordon to unearth the dark and violent truth plaguing Rose before it is too late.@3@@2@@18@Translated by William Frost@19@@3@

Scandinavian crime novels don't get much darker than Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q police procedurals

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Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's #1 crime writer and a New York Times bestselling author. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than twenty-seven million copies around the world. His many prestigious worldwide crime-writing awards include the Barry Award and the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, and Stieg Larsson.

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In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly lady is discovered. Across town a crazed motorist hunts a young woman. The attacks seem random, but are these brutal acts of violence in fact related? Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, is charged with solving the mystery.

Back at their headquarters, Carl and his team are under pressure to deliver results: failure to meet his superiors' expectations will mean the end of Department Q. And above all, Rose struggles to deal with the resurfacing of her past - a past in which a terrible crime may have been committed.

The master of the Nordic thriller returns with the seventh instalment of the gripping Department Q series.