In 1987, a brother and sister are found brutally killed in a
summer house in the north of Denmark. The police investigation
suggests that the killer is to be found within a group of young
boarding-school pupils coming from some of the wealthiest families
in the country. But the evidence is not strong enough and the case
is shelved until one of the suspects turn himself in and confesses
that he is behind the killings. Thus, the mystery is apparently
unravelled.
However; several years later the case and its files turn up on
the desk of Carl Mørck, the deputy detective superintendent
who is in charge of Department Q - the department for "cases of
special focus". At first, Carl Mørck is convinced that it is
there by mistake, but soon he realises that something is very, very
wrong.
Along with his assistant Assad he takes on an investigation that
brings them all the way through the hierarchy of society. From the
most miserable homeless person living at Central Station to the
most powerful men in top. The hunt is on.
FILM RIGHTS
The film rights for the Department Q-series were purchased by
the high-profiled and much acclaimed Danish production company
Zentropa in 2008. The series is currently being adapted for screen
versions and will be distributed internationally.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Volume 3 of the series, Message in a
Bottle, has been named best Danish crime novel of 2009 by
the Danish Crime Writers'
Association, who has awarded it the prestigous Harald Mogensen-award. In
addition Adler-Olsen has won the Reader
Bookprize 2010, elected via online voting at the Danish
newspaper Berlingske
Tidende. The summer 2010 he won the notable Swedish award
'Glasnyckeln'.
THE AUTHOR
Internationally acclaimed author
Jussi Adler-Olsen made his debut in 1997 with the novel
Alfabethuset which placed him on the bestseller-lists
throughout Europe. Since then he has written several
internationally best-selling thrillers and in 2007, the first
volume in the Department Q-series saw the light of day. All volumes
have been praised and have reached best-seller status. For
more on Jussi go to his website
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RUSSIA
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WSR
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Joseph / UK / WER
Dutton / Penguin / USA
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"Original and successful thriller" POLITIKEN
"An excellent crime novel that you read in one go and long for
the next one to be ready (..) it is a long wait for the third book
in the series." JYLLANDSPOSTEN
"As a reader you are rarely captured from the first page as you
are here. At the same time the book is humorous with a lot of funny
remarks. Definitely a novel worth reading!" BOGRUMMET.DK
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