# The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel - Paperback

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by **Jussi Adler-Olsen** (Author)

**NOW A NETFLIX SERIES, DEPT. Q--STARRING MATTHEW GOODE, CHLOE PIRRIE, AND ALEXJE MANVELOV!**

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.

### Author Biography

**Jussi Adler-Olsen** is Denmark's #1 crime writer and a _New York Times_ bestselling author. His books, including the Department Q series, routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than fifteen million copies around the world. His many prestigious Nordic crime-writing awards include the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson, and Peter Høeg.

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** July 31, 2012

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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