The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel [Paperback]

Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery fromNew York Timesbestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.

Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl—who didn’t draw his weapon—blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: a liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn’t dead...yet.

Darkly humorous, propulsive, and atmospheric,The Keeper of Lost Causesintroduces American readers to the mega-bestselling series fast becoming an international sensation.Praise forThe Keeper of Lost Causes

“Plan on putting everything else in your life on hold if you pick up this book.”—The Oregonian

“Of all the fun I've had this year with the Scandinavian canon,The Keeper of Lost Causes is the one I'd be most eager—and reluctant—to loan.”—The Boston Globe

“The pages fly by as the twisty puzzle unfolds. Stieg Larsson fans will be delighted.”—Publishers Weekly(starred review)

“Far from being just another morose Nordic crime writer, Adler-Olsen creates a detective whose curiosity is as active as his soul is tortured.”—Library Journal(starred review)

“Adler-Olsen's prose is superior to Larsson's, his tortures are less discomfiting, and he has a sense of humor.”—Booklist(starred review)

“The new ‘it' boy of Nordic Noir.”—The Times(London)

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