Department Q Book 5

Buried

**THE INSPIRATION FOR MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q, STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!** 
 
THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE GRIPPING DEPARTMENT Q SERIES 
 
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, the cold cases department, to find out the truth. But what Detective Carl Morck doesn't know, is that the key to the investigation is right here in the city . . . 
 
Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson is tough, smart and very suspicious of police. Sleeping rough and hiding in the shadows is his way of life. 
 
But what does he know worth killing for - and will the police find him before whoever he is running from? 
 
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen: 
 
'The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir' The Times 
 
'Gripping story-telling' Guardian 
 
'As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent

Jussi Adler-Olsen (Author) Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write fiction. Buried is the fifth novel in the Department Q series, following on from Redemption, Disgrace, Mercy and Guilt. He holds the prestigious Glass Key Award, given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark's highest literary accolade. Martin Aitken (Translator) Martin Aitken’s translations of Scandinavian fiction are widely published. His work has appeared on the shortlists of the International Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award and the US National Book Awards, among other prizes. He received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019 and, for the first book in the Morning Star cycle, the US National Translation Award in Prose in 2022. He lives in Denmark

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 worth killing him for?

Department Q 1

The Keeper of Lost Causes

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. It is now a major movie, released in the UK in August 2014. 
 
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. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. 
 
Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. 
 
The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: 
 
Why is this happening? 
 
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen: 
'Gripping storytelling' Guardian 
'Engrossing' Sunday Express 
'As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent 
 
Jussi Adler-Olsen has sold over 10 million books worldwide. He is the internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series (Disgrace, Redemption, Guilt and Buried) featuring Carl Mørck. The Keeper of Lost Causes was originally published in the UK as Mercy, and is now a major Danish language movie.

Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write fiction. Buried is the fifth novel in the Department Q series, following on from Redemption, Disgrace, Mercy and Guilt. He holds the prestigious Glass Key Award, given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark's highest literary accolade.

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. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. 
 
Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. 
 
The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: 
 
Why is this happening?

Department Q 4

Guilt

**THE INSPIRATION FOR MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q, STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!** 
 
THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE 10 MILLION COPY, NO. 1 BESTSELLING DEPARTMENT Q SERIES 
 
 
1987 
 
Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. 
 
But then a man from her past reappears, who threatens to destroy her new life. 
 
She won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again . . . 
 
2010 
 
Detective Carl Mørck from the cold case division is looking into the disappearance of Rita Nielsen, an escort agency owner. 
 
But as he investigates, he discovers that Rita is only one piece of the puzzle. 
 
It's not a one-off incident, but part of a disturbing pattern that's been hidden for over 20 years . . . 
 
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen: 
 
'The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir' The Times 
 
 
'Gripping story-telling' Guardian 
 
 
'As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent

Adler-Olsen is the new "it" boy of Nordic Noir

This is your methadone if you enjoyed The Killing and found it overwhelmingly addictive

1987: Nete Hermansen, a young woman brutally assaulted in her youth, sterilised without her consent by a fanatical surgeon, and banished to Sprogo, the island for outcast women is planning her escape and her vengeance. And soon people begin to go missing and no one - certainly not the police - knows why, nor that individual cases are connected. 
 
Today:Carl Mørck and his assistants Assad and Rose in Department Q are examining old missing persons cases and spot a disturbing pattern from 1987 . . .

Redemption

**THE INSPIRATION FOR MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q, STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!** 
 
The third book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling Department Q series. 
 
__________ 
 
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 the 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

This is your methadone if you enjoyed The Killing and found it overwhelmingly addictive

A weighty and disturbing novel . . . with an ingenuity as impressive as it is unnerving

Two boys, brothers, wake tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but soon he will return. Their bonds are inescapable. But there is a bottle and tar to seal it. Paper and a splinter for writing; blood for ink. A message begging for help. 
 
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?

Disgrace

**THE INSPIRATION FOR MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q, STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!** 
 
The brilliant second gripping thriller in the international bestselling crime-writing sensation, Department Q. 
 
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 Mørck, 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? 
 
And more importantly, who put it there? 
_______ 
 
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen: 
 
'The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir' The Times 
 
'Gripping story-telling' Guardian 
 
'Mesmerising . . . As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent 
 
'Engrossing' Sunday Express

This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more

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. 
 
Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, the cold cases division, has received a file concerning the brutal murder of a brother and sister twenty years earlier. A group of boarding school students were the suspects at the time - until one of their number confessed and was convicted. So why is the file of a closed case on Carl's desk? Who put it there? Who believes the case is not solved? 
 
Carl wants to talk to Kimmie, but someone else is also asking questions about her. They know she carries secrets certain powerful people want to stay buried deep. But Kimmie has one of her own. It's the biggest secret of them all. 
 
And she can't wait to share it . . .

Jussi Adler-Olsen

One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant

The Times, Top 100 Crime & Thrillers since 1945

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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. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. 
 
Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. 
 
The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: 
 
WHY is this happening?

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Praise for Mercy

One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant

The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir

Gripping story-telling

One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant

The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir

Gripping story-telling

One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant

The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir

Gripping story-telling

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