The Keeper of Lost Causes
A Department Q Novel: Book #1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 15 hours 34 minutes
Description
Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling 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 Causes introduces American readers to the mega-bestselling series fast becoming an international sensation.
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A Department Q Novel Series
The Keeper of Lost Causes
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Length: 15 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling 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... Read more »
The Absent One
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Length: 14 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. The result wasn’t what Mørck—or readers—expected, but by the opening of Adler-Olsen’s shocking, fast-paced follow-up, Mørck is satisfied with the notion... Read more »
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A Conspiracy of Faith
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 15 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective Carl Mørck and his colleagues Assad and Rose must use all of their resources to uncover the horrifying truth in this heart-pounding Nordic thriller from the #1 international bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.
Carl Mørck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two... Read more »
The Purity of Vengeance
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns as Detective Carl Mørck and his Department Q team delve into a cold case that turns into more than they may be able to handle...
In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her—especially Curt Wad, a surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in the... Read more »
The Marco Effect
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck into Department Q’s most sinister case yet in the fifth novel in Jussi Adler-Olsen's New York Times bestselling series.
Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson longs to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. Unfortunately, his Uncle Zola forces the children of their former... Read more »
The Hanging Girl
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 36 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers an exhilarating mystery in the Department Q series, featuring Detective Carl Mørck and his enigmatic assistants, Assad and Rose.
In the middle of his usual hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a... Read more »
The Scarred Woman
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 14 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet—perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson.
Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his... Read more »
Victim 2117
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen & William Frost
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In the heart-pounding next installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own—the enigmatic Assad.
The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117—the two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to... Read more »
The Alphabet House
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 15 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of Alan Furst, the #1 international bestselling author delivers his first stand-alone novel, a psychological thriller set in World War II Nazi Germany and 1970s England
British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the... Read more »