Hardback: New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the sixth and latest book - The Hanging Girl (2015) - in his exhilarating Department Q series, featuring Detective Carl Mørck and his enigmatic assistants, Assad and Rose.
In the middle of his habitual morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Detective Inspector Carl Mørck receives a call from a colleague stationed on the remote Danish island of Bornholm, asking for his help.
Carl is suspicious that yet another cold case is being foisted on him until, only a few hours later, the man dies in bizarre circumstances.
Carl has no choice but to lead Department Q into the investigation.
Seventeen years ago, a local girl was found dead hanging high in a tree, and all clues point to a reclusive sun-worshipping cult that practices on Bornholm.
What really happened to this hanging girl, and what else does the island have to hide?
Carl, Assad, Rose and newcomer Gordon soon realise that this is no cold case at all, but the work of a sadistic manipulator who does not intend to let anything - or anyone - stand in the way.
About the author: Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's No 1 crime writer, a New York Times bestseller, publisher, editor and entrepreneur. His books regularly top the charts in Europe, and have sold more than 12.5 million copies around the world. He is the winner of the prestigious Glass Key Award for Scandinavian crime fiction as well as the Golden Laurels, Denmark's highest literary accolade. The first five book in the Department Q series are Mercy/The Keeper of Lost Causes (2011), Disgrace/The Absent One (2012), Redemption/A Conspiracy of Faith (2013), Guilt/The Purity of Vengeance (2013) and Buried/The Marco Effect (2014). Jussi Adler-Olsen is also the author of the standalone thrillers, The Alphabet House (2014) and Washington Dekretet (Danish, 2011).
Rating: 6/5
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