{"product_id":"victim-2117-jussi-adler-olsen-9781786486189","title":"Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e 27 MILLION BOOKS SOLD\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the heart-pounding eighth instalment 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more' \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'So engrossing' 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Adler-Olsen is the new \"it\" boy of Nordic Noir' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The best author around' 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Engrossing' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Left me wanting more' 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Gripping storytelling' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Another gripping read from Jussi Adler-Olsen!' 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'As impressive as it is unnerving' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54991476916567,"sku":"9781786486189","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781786486189.jpg?v=1789157768","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/victim-2117-jussi-adler-olsen-9781786486189","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}