Carl's been selected to run Department Q, a new special investigations division that turns out to be a department of one. So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects.īut it all becomes clear when he sees his new office in the basement. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself. The Keeper of Lost Causes, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl MØrck, who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Now, Dutton is thrilled to introduce him to America. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and he's won just about every Nordic crime-writing award, including the prestigious Glass Key Award-also won by Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, and Jo Nesbo. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9781405919760 Number of pages: 512 Weight: 351 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 mm Edition: Media tie-in You may also be interested in.Jussi Adler-Olsen, author of The Absent One, is Denmark's premier crime writer. The Keeper of Lost Causes was originally published in the UK as Mercy, and is now a major Danish language movie. He is the internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series ( Disgrace, Redemption, Guilt and Buried) featuring Carl Morck. Jussi Adler-Olsen has sold over 10 million books worldwide.

'As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent It is one she has asked herself a million times: It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. She will die first.Ĭopenhagen detective Carl Morck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. It is now a major movie, released in the UK in August 2014.Īt first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. The Keeper of Lost Causes (originally published in the UK as Mercy) is the nail-biting first book in the internationally bestselling Department Q series.

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