Best Selling Books by Jussi Adler-Olsen

New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers an exhilarating mystery in the Department Q series, featuring Detective Carl Mørck and his enigmatic assistants, Assad and Rose. 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 new case is being foisted on him, but a few hours later, he receives some shocking news that leaves his headstrong assistant Rose more furious than usual. Carl 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 strange sun-worshipping cult, where Carl, Assad, Rose, and newcomer Gordon attempt to stop a string of new murders and a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything—or anyone—get in the way.

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.

Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen''s coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl—who didn’t draw his weapon—blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: a liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn’t dead...yet. Darkly humorous, propulsive, and atmospheric, The Keeper of Lost Causes introduces American readers to the mega-bestselling series fast becoming an international sensation.

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.

Detective Carl Morck 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.

New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns as Detective Carl Mørck and his Department Q team delve into a cold case that turns into more than they may be able to handle... In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her—especially Curt Wad, a surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in the 1950s. More than twenty years later, Detective Carl Mørck already has plenty on his mind when he is presented with the case of a brothel owner, a woman named Rita, who went missing in the eighties: New evidence has emerged in the case that sent Carl to Department Q. But when Carl’s assistants, Assad and Rose, learn that numerous other people disappeared around the same weekend as Rita, Carl takes notice. Sifting through the evidence, they inch closer to Curt Wad, who is still committed to his twisted beliefs, and whose treatment of Nete only hints at his capacity for evil.

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

In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades. On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck’s desk, he can’t imagine what this has to do with Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division since the cause of death seems apparent. However, his superior, Marcus Jacobsen, is convinced that this is related to an unsolved case that has been plaguing him since 1988. At Marcus''s behest, Carl and the Department Q gang—Rose, Assad, and Gordon—reluctantly begin to investigate. And they quickly discover that Marcus is onto something: Every two years for the past three decades, there have been unusual, impeccably timed deaths with connections between them that cannot be ignored, including mysterious piles of salt at the scenes. As the investigation goes deeper, it emerges that these "accidents" are in fact part of a sinister murder scheme. Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult by COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their personal lives, the Department Q team must race to find the culprit before the next murder is committed, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the killer is far from finished.

Detective Carl Mørck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It''s a cry for help from two young brothers bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating for years, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren''t they reported missing? Could they still be alive? Detective Mørck follows leads to a desperate woman trapped in a brutal marriage to a man who keeps her in isolation and hides deadly secrets.

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. Sixteen years before Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen was elected president of the United States, a PR stunt brought together five very different people: fourteen-year-old Dorothy "Doggie" Rogers, small-town sheriff T. Perkins, single mother Rosalie Lee, well-known journalist John Bugatti, and the teenage son of one of Jansen''s employees, Wesley Barefoot. In spite of their differences, the five remain bonded by their shared experience and devotion to their candidate. For Doggie, who worked the campaign trail with Wesley, Jansen''s election is a personal victory: a job in the White House, proof to her Republican father that she was right to support Jansen, and the rise of an intelligent, clear-headed leader with her same ideals. But the triumph is short-lived: Jansen''s pregnant wife is assassinated on election night, and the alleged mastermind behind the shooting is none other than Doggie''s own father. When Jansen ascends to the White House, he is a changed man, determined to end gun violence by any means necessary. Rights are taken away as quickly as weapons. International travel becomes impossible. Checkpoints and roadblocks destroy infrastructure. The media is censored. Militias declare civil war on the government. The country is in chaos, and Jansen''s former friends each find themselves fighting a very different battle, for themselves, their rights, their country . . . and, in Doggie''s case, the life of her father, who just may be innocent.

She scratched her fingertips on the smooth walls until they bled, and pounded her fists on the thick panes until she could no longer feel her hands. At least ten times she had fumbled her way to the steel door and stuck her fingernails in the crack to pry it open . . . '' Merete Lynggard vanished five years ago. Everyone says she''s dead. Everyone says the case is a waste of time. Everyone except Copenhagen detective Carl Morck. Turning over this old case he thinks he''s found a clue missed by his predecessors. It takes him on a journey, one that upsets his superiors, that troubles his colleagues, that causes him to break rules. But at the end of it a woman waits who has been missing five years . . .

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 Ghaalib, one of the most brutal tormentors from Abu Ghraib—Saddam Hussein’s infamous prison—the death of Victim 2117 is 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 Ghaalib. But with the clock ticking down to Alexander’s first kill and Ghaalib’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.

A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck into Department Q’s most sinister case yet in the fifth novel in Jussi Adler-Olsen''s New York Times bestselling series. Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson longs to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. Unfortunately, his Uncle Zola forces the children of their former gypsy clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a dead body that proves the true extent of Zola’s criminal activities, he goes on the run. But it turns out his family members aren’t the only ones who want to keep Marco silent...forever. Detective Carl Mørck wants to save the boy, but Marco’s trail leads him to a case that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from seemingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups.

1987. Nete Rosen thought she''d put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete''s new life could be shattered. But she won''t be drawn back into that nightmare - she won''t be a victim again ... 2010. Detective Carl Morck from Copenhagen''s cold case division is looking into the disappearance of Rita Nielsen, an escort agency owner. The investigation reveals that Rita is only one piece of the puzzle. Because this is not a one-off incident - but part of a disturbing pattern which has been hidden from prying eyes for over twenty years.

Jussi Adler-Olsen''s internationally bestselling Q series returns with Redemption, a gripping treat for all fans of the Scandinavian crime thriller. ''For those suffering withdrawals from The Killing'' The Times __________ 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 Mørck has received a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two boys. Is it real? Who are they and why weren''t they reported missing? Can they possibly still be alive? He needs to find out, and fast . . . Praise for Adler-Olsen: ''The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir'' The Times ''Engrossing'' Sunday Express ''Adler-Olsen''s fascination with abnormal psychology once again pays off'' Sunday Times

Over three years ago, a civil servant vanished after returning from a work trip to Africa. Missing, presumed dead, the man''s family still want answers. It is one of the many unsolved crimes left for Department Q, Denmark''s cold case unit headed up by Detective Carl Morck. But what Carl doesn''t know is that the key to the investigation is in Copenhagen. Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson is tough, smart and suspicious of police. Sleeping rough and hiding in the shadows is his way of life. But what is he running from - and what does he know that''s worth killing for?

Grymhet, tvång och förnedring tillhörde vardagen på kvinnohemmet på ön Sprogø. Dit kom Nete Hermansen - och hon trodde att hon lyckats ta sig därifrån. En dag hinner hennes förflutna ikapp henne och det blir inledningen på en av Avdelning Q:s hittills svåraste utredningar. Vilka hemligheter finns i Netes förflutna? Vad var det egentligen som hände med henne och människorna omkring henne? Snart går det upp för Carl Mørck och hans assistenter Assad och Rose att fallet bara är en del av något betydligt större. Det handlar om fruktansvärda övergrepp - som fortfarande pågår. Samtidigt får Carl Mørck problem på det privata planet när han blir misstänkt för mordet på sin farbror.

Ze zijn jong, knap, lopen in merkkleding en besteden dagelijks uren aan hun haar - en daarbij leven ze van een uitkering. Deze jonge vrouwen denken alleen aan zichzelf, maar leiden een levensgevaarlijk bestaan, want langzaam maar zeker zijn ze een doorn in het oog geworden van een volstrekt labiele persoon die besluit om één voor één met al deze klaplopers af te rekenen. In eerste instantie is het niet een zaak waar brigadier Carl Mørck veel aandacht aan besteedt. Hij is erachter gekomen dat hij onvrijwillig een pion is geworden in de interne machtsstrijd binnen de politieleiding en hij moet snel handelen om het bestaan van afdeling Q veilig te stellen. Als hij tegelijkertijd een tip krijgt dat een splinternieuwe moordzaak in veel opzichten aan een onopgehelderde moord van lang geleden doet denken, heeft hij meer dan ooit behoefte aan het vlijmscherpe overzicht van zijn collega Rose. Maar Rose is met ziekteverlof, omdat afschuwelijke gebeurtenissen uit het verleden haar achtervolgen. Carl, Assad en Gordon werken dag en nacht om het wijdvertakte mysterie rond de twee moorden op te lossen, maar steken de meeste energie in het helpen van Rose. Naarmate ze steeds dieper in haar verhaal graven, begrijpen ze dat zich een misdrijf heeft afgespeeld. Dan lijkt Rose plotsklaps ook nog eens van de aardbodem verdwenen. Selfies is het zevende boek in de internationale bestsellerserie Q van Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), de ongekroonde koning van de Scandinavische misdaadliteratuur.

A series of terrifying events, beginning with one refugee''s tragic death, brings Department Q''s Assad close to a complete meltdown. Meanwhile a nerve-racking countdown to the ultimate catastrophe in the heart of Europe begins

Assad már több mint tíz éve a Q-ügyosztály tagja, de társai alig tudnak róla valamit. Ám egy váratlan esemény – egy spanyol újságíró cikke egy tragikus körülmények között elhunyt asszonyról – kibillenti az egyensúlyából, és Rose segítségére van szüksége ahhoz, hogy ne omoljon teljesen össze. Mint kiderül, az elhunyt nő sorsa összefonódik Assad családjának sorsával, és az eseményeket az iraki Ghaalib, a férfi régi ellensége irányítja. Versenyfutás kezdődik az idővel, hogy Ghaalibot és társait megakadályozzák abban, hogy Európa szívében terrortámadásokat hajtsanak végre. Ezzel egy időben egy fiú, aki szobájába zárkózva a számítógépes játékok világában él, azt tervezi, hogy bosszút áll a mások szenvedései iránt közömbös dán társadalmon, és úgy dönt, hogy a szüleivel kezdi a sort… Carl Mørcknek és munkatársainak minden ügyességüket és ravaszságukat be kell vetniük, hogy elhárítsák az ártatlan áldozatokra leselkedő veszélyt, és megmentsék Assad családját. A Q-ügyosztály 8. esete.

A bántalmazás és az erőszak mindennaposnak számított azon a félreeső dán szigeten, amely kényszerű lakhelye volt szellemi fogyatékosnak ítélt nőknek, de prostituáltaknak is. Amikor Rita Nielsen első ízben lépett a szigetre, egy olyan dráma részese lett, amely 55 évvel később a megoldatlan ügyekkel foglalkozó Q-ügyosztály eddigi legbonyolultabb esetéhez vezetett. A nyomtalanul eltűnt prostituált irattári anyagát tüzetes vizsgálat alá veszik, így Carl, Rose és Assad hamarosan rájönnek, hogy a nő egykori eltűnése egy súlyosan törvénysértő ügy része, amely nyilvánvalóan azóta is folytatódik. Amikor pedig mélyebbre kezdenek ásni, egy rendkívül hidegvérű ellenfél jelenik meg a színen…

En Copenhague, el policía Carl Mørck está atravesando una de las épocas más negras de su vida. Tras ser sorprendido por el ataque de un asesino, un compañero suyo resulta muerto y otro gravemente herido. Su sentimiento de culpabilidad aumenta cuando su jefe y la prensa dudan de su actuación. Relegado a un nuevo departamento dedicado a casos no resueltos, Carl Mørck ve una oportunidad de demostrar su valía al descubrir las numerosas irregularidades cometidas en el caso de Merete Lynggaard. Cuando en 2002 esta mujer, una joven promesa de la política danesa, desapareció mientras realizaba un viaje en ferry, la policía decidió cerrar el caso por falta de pruebas. Sin embargo, Merete Lynggaard sigue viva aunque sometida a un terrible cautiverio. Encerrada y expuesta a los caprichos de sus secuestradores, sabe que morirá el 15 de mayo de 2007. Carl Mørck ha de utilizar todo su ingenio e intuición.

Usred jutarnje dremke u podrumu policijskog štaba, Karl Merk dobija poziv od kolege sa Bornholma, najistočnijeg danskog ostrva. Na prvu loptu on odbija ovaj slučaj, ali nekoliko sati kasnije dobija zapanjujuće vesti i oseća da nema izbora nego da povede Sektor Q u tragičan i otkrije istinu o smrti prelepe srednjoškolke koja je pre sedamnaest godina nestala iz škole, a potom pronađena obešena o drvo. Istraga će ih odvesti do čudnog kulta i njegovog harizmatičnog vođe, čoveka koji je neobično neodoljiv ženama. U lavirintu misterija i lažnih tragova, Karl - sa svojim toplim srcem, navikom da meša fraze, ludo vozi i vodi se intuicijom u detektivskom poslu - i njegovi asistenti Asad, Rose i novopridošli Gordon, nameravaju da zaustave ubicu i veštog manipulatora koji odbija da mu išta ili iko stane na put.

Der achte Fall für Carl Mørck und das Sonderdezernat Q An Zyperns Küste wird eine tote Frau aus dem Nahen Osten angespült: Auf der 2Tafel der Schande2 in Barcelona, wo die Zahl der im Meer ertrunkenen Flüchtlinge angezeigt wird, ist sie 2Opfer 21172. Doch sie ist nicht ertrunken, sondern ermordet worden. Kurz darauf beschließt der 22-jährige Alexander in Kopenhagen, Rache zu nehmen für 2Opfer 21172, dessen Foto durch die Medien ging. Bis Level 2117 spielt er sein Game 2Kill Sublime2 dann will er wahllos morden. Als Assad vom Sonderdezernat Q das Bild der toten Frau zu Gesicht bekommt, bricht er zusammen. Denn er kannte sie nur zu gut. Ein hochemotionaler Fall für Carl Mørcks Team, der nicht nur Assad an seine Grenzen bringt.