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...
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.