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The gripping conclusion of the Department Q series sees the team facing a personal crisis as they work to uncover the truth behind a cold case that has led to their leader's imprisonment. With enemies lurking and time slipping away, the stakes have never been higher. The narrative promises intense suspense and a deep exploration of loyalty and justice as the team races against the clock to save one of their own.

A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then a body appears … an atmospheric, darkly funny, twisty debut thriller, first in an addictive new series.

De tijd tikt voor Alma. Elke dag, alsof het haar laatste is, windt ze de staande klok op die haar door decennia van verdriet en vreugde heeft begeleid. Sommige van haar herinneringen probeert ze te verdringen, maar met name de gedachten aan haar overleden man, de horlogemaker Otto, verstoren haar gemoedsrust. Wat is er met Otto gebeurd? Alma kent de waarheid, maar waarom kan ze zich die dan niet herinneren? Er is nog veel waarmee Alma in het reine zal moeten komen voordat haar leven ten einde is.Een onverwachte ontmoeting met een kleine jongen en de vriendschap die daaruit voortspruit geven haar leven een nieuwe impuls. Intussen maken de duisternis en kou van de winter plaats voor het licht en de warmte van de lente. Het is duidelijk dat Alma’s leven nog niet voorbij kan zijn.Uurwerk is een liefdevol portret van iemand die probeert een lang leven een vreedzaam einde te geven. Maar als leven, dood en tijd een loopje met je nemen, wordt dat er niet eenvoudiger op.

Then he walked the long way into town to report his only child missing. This way her Dad had said, she'd never have to go to school; this way, she'd never have to leave her parents.

La consueta pennichella mattutina di Carl Mørck nel seminterrato della centrale di polizia di Copenaghen viene bruscamente interrotta dalla telefonata di un collega di Bornholm, la più orientale delle isole danesi. Da diciassette anni l'ispettore Christian Habersaat cerca senza successo di far luce sulla morte misteriosa di una ragazza, che gli apparve allora su una strada di campagna, appesa a testa in giù tra i rami di un albero. La Sezione Q, specializzata in casi irrisolti, è la sua ultima speranza. Burbero e svogliato come al solito, l'ispettore Mørck è riluttante ad accollarsi un nuovo caso. Ma quando, poche ore dopo, lo stesso Habersaat muore in circostanze drammatiche, si sente in dovere di precipitarsi nella remota isola del Mar Baltico insieme ai suoi due stravaganti assistenti, Rose e Assad. In quel luogo lontano dal mondo, la Sezione Q al completo dovrà indagare su personaggi dalla volontà d'acciaio e dalle incredibili doti manipolatorie, disposti a tutto pur di raggiungere i loro fini e difendere i loro interessi. Sette dai riti esoterici, guru carismatici e ragazze troppo ingenue: l'immersione della squadra più anticonformista dell'intero corpo di polizia nelle acque torbide di un'inchiesta costellata di misteri e false tracce porta alla luce il marcio ben dissimulato della società danese contemporanea.

Over three years ago, a civil servant vanished after returning from a work trip to Africa. Missing, presumed dead, the man's family still want answers. It is one of the many unsolved crimes left for Department Q, Denmark's cold case unit headed up by Detective Carl Morck. But what Carl doesn't know is that the key to the investigation is in Copenhagen. Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson is tough, smart and suspicious of police. Sleeping rough and hiding in the shadows is his way of life. But what is he running from - and what does he know that's worth killing for?

Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic youth behind her. Her caring foster parents and loving husband helped her start again. However, when a man from her past reappears one night, Nete's new life could be shattered. But she won't be drawn back into that nightmare - she won't be a victim again...

Detective Carl Morck of Department Q, the cold cases division, has received a file concerning the brutal murder of a brother and sister twenty years earlier. A group of boarding school students were the suspects, until one of their numbers confessed and was convicted. So why is the file of a closed case on Carl's desk? Who believes the case is not solved?

Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling Q series returns with a gripping installment for fans of Scandinavian crime thrillers. Two brothers wake tied in a boathouse by the sea, abandoned by their kidnapper but aware he will soon return. With only a bottle and tar, they craft a desperate plea for help using blood for ink. Meanwhile, a woman is trapped in a tumultuous marriage, enduring her husband's secrets and threats. Determined to uncover the truth, she is prepared to confront the consequences. In Copenhagen's cold cases division, Carl Morck discovers a bottle containing a decayed message written in blood—a cry for help from the boys. He questions its authenticity, their identities, and whether they are still alive. In 2013, the creators of the Stieg Larsson films and The Killing will adapt Adler-Olsen's Department Q novels, including this one, for the big screen. Praise for Adler-Olsen highlights his status as a rising star in Nordic Noir. His exploration of abnormal psychology continues to captivate readers. Born in Copenhagen, he studied various subjects and worked as a magazine editor before embarking on his writing career, with all three Department Q thrillers achieving bestseller status in Denmark.

La voce distorta proviene da un altoparlante piazzato da qualche parte nel buio: "Buon compleanno, Merete. Oggi sono centoventisei giorni che sei qui, e questo è il nostro regalo per te. Lasceremo la luce accesa per un anno, a meno che tu non sia capace di rispondere a una domanda. Perché ti abbiamo rinchiusa?" Merete Lynggaard, giovane parlamentare danese di successo, è a bordo di un traghetto il giorno in cui scompare senza lasciare tracce. I media si lanciano avidamente sulla storia e le ipotesi si avvicendano nei titoli: dal suicidio all'omicidio, dal tragico incidente al rapimento, fino alla sparizione volontaria. La polizia mette in campo tutte le forze, ma senza risultato: la donna sembra inghiottita dalla terra. Merete però non è morta. Chi la tiene segregata in modo tanto disumano in una prigione di cemento? E perché? Cinque anni dopo, Carl Morck, poliziotto svogliato e burbero, una spina nel fianco per tutti i colleghi, decide di riaprire le indagini con la sua Sezione Q, il nuovo reparto speciale per i casi irrisolti. Procedendo a ritroso nel tempo fra trame politiche e drammi familiari, Morck e il suo misterioso assistente siriano Assad si lanciano in una battaglia contro il disegno delirante di un criminale folle.

Een jonge academicus is op de screensaver van zijn computer getuige van een moord op een collegastudent.

In this thriller, Iranian mullahs have issued a fatwa for an internationally acclaimed writer by offering a four million dollar reward to the person who carries out her death sentence. At the same time the writer--her life in jeopardy--has been invited to Copenhagen by a Danish daily newspaper to speak at an event, and the Danish Secret Service is put in charge of protecting her. A politician in parliament strikes a deal with dire consequences while somewhere in the former Yugoslavia a young man, the Serbian Dane, signs up for murder.