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Department Q Series

5 New Books to Read this Week: September 19, 2017

By Crime HQ

September 20, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! A new Sophie Hannah and Nelson DeMille highlight an awesome week of books! See what else we're reading:

Review: The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen

By Kristin Centorcelli

September 19, 2017

The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen is the seventh book in the Department Q series. Carl Mørck, the crotchety-but-very-skilled homicide detective whose Copenhagen-based Department Q is relegated to the basement, is back in the seventh installment of Adler-Olsen’s unusual series. I’ll admit, when I read the first book, The Keeper of Lost Causes, I wasn’t…

The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Fresh Meat: The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen

By Lakis Fourouklas

August 13, 2012

The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen is the second in the Danish “Department Q” cold case mystery series (available August 21, 2012). Detective Carl Mørck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads as head of Department Q, Denmark’s cold case squad. So he’s naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his…

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