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The Absent One: A Department Q Novel
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The Absent One: A Department Q Novel Paperback - 2013

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Adler-Olsen delivers an electrifying follow-up to his "New York Times"-bestselling debut, "The Keeper of Lost Causes." Morck is back. He's 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.


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“The new ‘it’ boy of Nordic Noir” (The Times, London) delivers an electrifying follow up to his New York Times bestselling debut

In The Keeper of Lost Causes, American audiences were finally introduced to Copenhagen’s Detective Carl Mørck and his creator, #1 international bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Now, Mørck is back. He’s 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 Mørck that all is not what it seems. Kimmie, a homeless woman with secrets involving certain powerful individuals, could hold the key—if Mørck can track her down before they do.

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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...

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  • Title The Absent One: A Department Q Novel
  • Author Jussi Adler-Olsen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dutton, NYC
  • Date 2013-05-07
  • ISBN 9780142196830 / 0142196835
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1.1 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Murder - Investigation, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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 Nesb, Stieg Larsson, and Peter Heg.
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