Kvinden i Buret

By Jussi Adler-Olsen

Book Overview

Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.

Carl M rck used to be one of Denmark's best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl--who didn't draw his weapon--blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl's got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: a liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn't dead...yet.

Darkly humorous, propulsive, and atmospheric, The Keeper of Lost Causes introduces American readers to the mega-bestselling series fast becoming an international sensation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452297907
• ISBN13: 9780452297906
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable

Fun read , I’ve read four of the books ,Department Q , nice characters easy to follow , if you like the genre and aren’t looking anything earth changing. As if there is anything new in plots, good guy bad guy, dive in the water is fine.

A bit too steeped in mail ego for my taste

I was hoping for a Detective series that follows in the footsteps of other Scandinavian mystery writers (e.g. Mankell, Indridason). This detective seems shallow to me and the storyline seems contrived and lacks insight into life's deeper mysteries. Disappointing.

Cumbersome translation. OK story not well told

The press is off the mark on this one. The writer might be good, in the native tongue. The translation was not well done, which impacted the quality and readability of the work.