3× Q Separation
It may take years, but in the end, justice will be served!
Establishing the new Department Q, specialising in old, unsolved crimes, was definitely a good move for the Copenhagen police, even though their original intention was to sideline the unpopular Detective Carl Mørck after a botched operation. This sullen loner, who blames himself for the tragedy that befell his former colleagues, may tend to avoid drama and have a somewhat chaotic working method, but he also possesses an unerring detective's intuition. He is effectively assisted in solving cold cases by the distinctive Asad, who is his opposite in many ways, and yet—or perhaps because of it—an indispensable partner. The Arab immigrant brings optimistic energy, useful unofficial contacts, and a sometimes unsettling degree of understanding of the human psyche, including the criminal mind, to the team. They are soon joined by the unique Rose, endowed with excellent organisational skills, an exceedingly sharp tongue, and sometimes slightly unpredictable behaviour.
In this package, you will find titles that have all been successfully adapted into films:
(1) The Keeper of Lost Causes
(2) The Absent One
(3) A Conspiracy of Faith
Jussi Adler-Olsen
(* 1950) A multi-talented Danish writer, he studied political science and film studies. He played in several bands, composed film music, and worked as an editor and publisher (of works such as Hašek's Švejk), and also compiled the first Danish lexicon of comics, among other things. He began his own creative work with the novel Alfabethuset (The Alphabet House, 1997), followed by the novels Og hun takkede guderne (And She Thanked the Gods, 2003) and The Washington Decree (2006). The author's crime series about Department Q in his native Copenhagen includes a total of ten cases: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2011), The Absent One (2012), A Conspiracy of Faith (2012), The Purity of Vengeance (2013), The Marco Effect (2014), The Hanging Girl (2015), The Scarred Woman (2017), Victim 2117 (2019), The Shadow Murders (2021), and Seven Square Metres (2023). Their Czech editions are published by Host, and you can also listen to all of them as audiobooks narrated by Igor Bareš. Five instalments of this popular series, which stands out for its distinctive sense of humour and narrative distance, have already been adapted into films.
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