This book is the spring 2011 UK release of the United States released The Keeper of Lost Causes from summer 2011. Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagens coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York. Looking forward to Adler-Olsen's second in the series!Ī word of warning. Yet to come later in 2011 we are treated to Mikkel Birkegaard's Death Sentence in September and Lene Kaaberbøl's Boy in the Suitcase, The (Nina Borg Mysteries) in November. does her brother hold the vital slues to the solution?Ģ011 has seen a welcome swerve towards Denmark in the recent Scandinavian crime fiction phenomenon with the equally outstanding Call Me Princess by Sara Blædel The Dinosaur Feather by Sissel-Jo Gazan, BBC4s hit import The Killing which is also due for a second series in autumn 2011. Together with his assistant Syrian refugee Assad, Mørck sets out to find out the full story behind Merete's disappearance. Box More Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series If you like the dark humor, wisecracking, and layered betrayals of Raymond.

Those who loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will devour this book.1 New York Times bestselling author C. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and hes won just about every Nordic. A ferry crossing to Germany seems to have been the last time that Merete was known to be alive. The Times (London) The Keeper of Lost Causes is dark, atmospheric, and compelling. Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmarks premier crime writer. The Keeper of Lost Causes is scheduled to be released on August 18. Mercy is the debut book in the Departnet Q series and we are introduced to Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck who is assigned to various cold cases including the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard. Although this is slightly longer in length, over 400 pages, it is definitely worth reading.

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