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THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
24 MILLION BOOKS SOLD
WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD


In the heart-pounding new installment of the No.1 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 dead body only as Victim 2117 – the two thousand, one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea.

But to three people, the victim is so much more, and the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerous – and deeply personal – case: a case that not only reveals dark secrets about the past, but has deadly implications for the future.

For a troubled Danish teen, the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and is the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses. For Ghallib, a brutal tormentor from the notorious prison Abu Ghraib, the death of Victim 2117 was the first step in a terrorist plot, years in the making. And for Department Q’s Assad, Victim 2117 is a link to his buried past and to the family he assumed was long dead.


‘I can never get enough of Jussi Adler-Olsen’ *****

‘The best book in the series’ *****

‘Blew me away’ *****

‘The master of Nordic-noir is back’ *****

‘Brilliantly addictive’ *****

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Reviews

Times
The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir
Guardian
Gripping story-telling
Independent
Mesmerising writing
New York Times Book Review
Scandinavian crime novels don't get much darker than Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q police procedurals
Daily Express
Tackles complex social issues including while entertaining the reader with Adler-Olsen's trademark mix of suspense and humour
Lars Kepler, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Joona Linna series
Jussi Adler-Olsen, with his unrestrained humor and warm heart, is a kind of Danish mentor to us . . . Victim 2117 grows into a hard-hitting fist that lands heavily and relentlessly in the midst of our time
Catherine Coulter, bestselling author of Deadlock
Victim 2117 is a mind-blowing adventure, a huge adrenaline rush. Trust me on this, you won't want to put it down
Kirkus
Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more