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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2011
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Department Q

1 - The Keeper of Lost Causes (Sep-2011)
2 - The Absent One (Aug-2012)
3 - A Conspiracy of Faith (Jun-2013)
4 - The Purity of Vengeance (Jan-2014)
5 - The Marco Effect (Sep-2014)
6 - The Hanging Girl (Sep-2015)
7 - The Scarred Woman (Sep-2017)
8 - Victim 2117 (Mar-2020)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • The Keeper of Lost Causes, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl MŘrck, who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two ...



  • 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 -- expe...



  • FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945 THE GRIPPING & UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING CRIME WRITING SENSATION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE KILLING, JO NESBO AND SCANDI NOIR. She scratches at the walls until her fingers ble...



  • The New York Times and # 1 international bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with another shocking cold case in his exhilarating Department Q series. Detective Carl Mørck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message...



  • Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series, with more than fourteen million copies sold worldwide, continues with the most chilling cold case yet. In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a cha...



  • A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck into Department Q’s most sinister case yet 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...



  • 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 chos...





  • In the middle of his usual hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive when he realizes that a new case ...






  • 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...



  • The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial ...



  • 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. ...







  • In the penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious serial killer who has slipped under the radar for decades.On her sixtieth birthday, a woman commits suicide. ...



  • The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series comes to a thrilling conclusion when the team must turn inward to solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful an...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jussi Adler-Olsen has published 16 books.

The next book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Locked In, will be published in December 2024.

The first book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes, was published in September 2011.

Yes. Jussi Adler-Olsen has 1 series.