The Hanging Girl : A Department Q Novel

from ethel55

When Carl receives a phone call from a colleague he barely remembers and brusquely rebukes, I know I'm in for another fascinating police procedural with my favorite trio. After the call and it's shattering aftermath, it's off to the island of Bornholm and a cold case involving a hit and run almos...

from bookczuk

This is a series I love. Not only are the cases interesting and full of their own quirks and twists, but so are the central characters. The cases assigned to Department Q are all cold cases, lying unsolved for years. The main team of characters are all broken in one way or another, with foibles a...

from michigantrumpet

The suicide of a frustrated Bornholm police office sends the Cold Case Squad to investigate the unsolved hit -and-run death of a teenage schoolgirl. The details of their investigation on the little island runs in tandem with the story of the cult-ish activity of members of the Nature Absorption C...

from cjordan916

In the middle of his usual hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive when he realizes that a new case is being foisted on him, but a few hours later, ...

from smik

A friend told me that this was his best read for 2015, and while it won't be my top read, it will certainly make it into my top 10 for the year. It took me quite a long time to readit, well over 10 days, which is long for me. I'm sure whether I had been hit by jet lag after my recent travels, or ...