The Absent One: A Department Q Novel

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q

Copenhagen's Detective Carl M rck is back and ready for action in the second Department Q novel from the "new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir" (The Times, London).

Carl M rck has settled into Department Q and is ready to take on another cold case. This time, it's the brutal double-murder of a brother and sister two decades earlier. One of the suspects confessed and is serving time, but it's clear to M rck that all is not what it seems. Kimmie, a homeless woman with secrets involving certain powerful individuals, could hold the key--if M rck can track her down before they do...

Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780142196830
ISBN10: 0142196835
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | International Crime & Mystery
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's #1 crime writer and a New York Times bestselling author. His books, including the Department Q series, routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than fifteen million copies around the world. His many prestigious Nordic crime-writing awards include the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson, and Peter Høeg.