A closed case hides a terrible secret . . . Department Q solves the unsolvable. So when a file on the brutal murder of a brother and sister 20 years ago lands on the desk of Detective Carl Morck, he doesn\"t understand why. Because the killer has already been found, and the case is closed. Why has it turned up on Carl\"s desk?...

One boy is on the run from an international conspiracy . . . Over three years ago, a civil servant vanished after returning from a work trip to Africa. Presumed dead, his family still want answers. It\"s up to Department Q, Denmark\"s cold cases department, to find out the truth....

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She scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escape. She doesn\"t know how long she\"s been there. She vows not to go mad. She would rather die. Copenhagen detective Carl Morck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes....

A letter in blood, a horrifying disappearance… Two boys, brothers, wake up tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but he\"ll be back. They cannot escape… In Copenhagen\"s cold cases division Carl Mшrck has received a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two boys....

Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with his most captivating and suspenseful novel yet... 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....

In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Morck, 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....

The heart-stopping and gripping novel from the author of international No. 1 bestsellers Mercy and Disgrace - fans of Scandinavian crime thrillers will love this. 1987 Nete Rosen thought she\"d put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again....

Le journal en parle comme de la \\\" victime 2117 \\\" : une refugiee qui, comme les deux mille cent seize autres qui l\"ont precedee cette annee, a peri en Mediterranee dans sa tentative desesperee de rejoindre l\"Europe. Mais pour Assad, qui ?uvre dans l\"ombre du departement V de Copenhague depuis dix ans, cette mort est loin d\"etre anonyme....

In the middle of his usual 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 when he realizes that a......

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. 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....

Over three years ago, a civil servant vanished after returning home from a work trip to Africa. Missing, presumed dead, the man\'s family still want answers. It is one of the many unsolved crimes facing Department Q, Denmark\'s specialist cold cases unit led by Detective Inspector Carl Morck....

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......

Two young brothers wake tied up and gagged in a boathouse by the sea. Their bonds are inescapable But, just perhaps, there is a way to cry for help... Years later, in Copenhagen\'s cold cases division, Detective Inspector Carl Morck receives a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message, scratched in blood, from two boys. Is it real?...

Kimmie\'s home is on the streets of Copenhager. To live, she must steal. She has learned to avoid the police and never to stay in one place for long. But now I others are trying to find her. And they won\'t rest until she has stopped moving - for good....