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The Keeper of Lost Causes

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by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Erik Davies
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Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's premier crime writer. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and he's won just about every Nordic crime-writing award, including the prestigious Glass Key Award-also won by Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, and Jo Nesbo.

THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl MØrck, who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself.
So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects.
But it all becomes clear when he sees his new office in the basement. Carl's been selected to run Department Q, a new special investigations division that turns out to be a department of one. With a stack of Copenhagen's coldest cases to keep him company, Carl's been put out to pasture. So he's as surprised as anyone when a case actually captures his interest. A missing politician vanished without a trace five years earlier. The world assumes she's dead. His colleagues snicker about the time he's wasting. But Carl may have the last laugh, and redeem himself in the process.
Because she isn't dead . . . yet.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Department Q

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 23, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307966490
      • File size: 449935 KB
      • Duration: 15:37:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 6, 2011
      Adler-Olsen, Denmark's leading crime writer, makes his U.S. debut with the superlative first in his Department Q series. In 2007, Copenhagen homicide detective Carl Morck narrowly cheats death when he and two colleagues are ambushed while checking out a crime scene. Morck is shot in the head, but one of his brother officers is killed, and the other left paralyzed and suicidal. When Morck finally returns to work, friction with his colleagues leads his boss to transfer him to head a new unit, Department Q, tasked with resolving "cases deserving special scrutiny" from across the country. While the purpose of the assignment is to get the difficult detective out of the way, Morck, who's initially content just to kill time, finds himself revitalized by a once high-profile mysteryâthe 2002 disappearance of a prominent and attractive female politician, Merete Lynggaard. The pages fly by as the twisty puzzle unfolds. Stieg Larsson fans will be delighted.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Guilt-ridden Deputy Detective Superintendent Carl M┐rck survived a vicious attack on his homicide team, which took the life of one colleague and paralyzed another. Narrator Erik Davies cleverly delivers the story of M┐rck's new life. He's been relegated to the basement as the head of Department Q, which revives cold cases that have been shelved for years. The first to catch Carl's eye is that of a Parliamentarian who disappeared without a trace five years before, the only witness her brain-injured brother. Davies moves eloquently through various characters and accents--from M┐rck's surly Danish to his show-stealing assistant's Syrian. Ultimately, Davies delivers a nuanced and addictive performance that is a must-listen for fans of Scandinavian mysteries. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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