The Shadow Murders, Jussi AdlerOlsen
The Shadow Murders, Jussi AdlerOlsen
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The Shadow Murders
A Department Q Novel

Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen, William Frost

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/27/2022


Synopsis

In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades.

On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck’s desk, he can’t imagine what this has to do with Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division since the cause of death seems apparent. However, his superior, Marcus Jacobsen, is convinced that this is related to an unsolved case that has been plaguing him since 1988.
 
At Marcus's behest, Carl and the Department Q gang—Rose, Assad, and Gordon—reluctantly begin to investigate. And they quickly discover that Marcus is onto something: Every two years for the past three decades, there have been unusual, impeccably timed deaths with connections between them that cannot be ignored, including mysterious piles of salt at the scenes. As the investigation goes deeper, it emerges that these "accidents" are in fact part of a sinister murder scheme.
 
Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult by COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their personal lives, the Department Q team must race to find the culprit before the next murder is committed, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the killer is far from finished.

About The Author

Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's #1 crime writer and a New York Times bestselling author. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than twenty-seven million copies around the world. His many prestigious worldwide crime-writing awards include the Barry Award and the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, and Stieg Larsson.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG

The Shadow Murders by Jussi Adler-Olsen is intriguing, suspenseful, and original. It is the ninth book in the Department Q series and has been translated by William Frost. Detective Carl Morck, the leader of Department Q, the small cold case division in Copenhagen, Denmark, is given a recent sui......more

Goodreads review by Pat

It seems I have missed an episode or two in this exciting series, but no matter, this was an awesome story! It does, however, reference quite an incident in an earlier book (which I did read) referred to as the ‘nail gun murders’ where Inspector Carl Morck, head of Department Q (the cold case unit)......more

Goodreads review by Tanja

It’s been eight years since I read the first three books of the series back to back. Ever since, every new installment in the department Q series has been highly anticipated. This is book nine out of ten. The purpose of this book seems mainly to be to lead up to the last one. Of course, Assad, Rose,......more


Quotes

“Christmas is the holiday fast approaching in Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s The Shadow Murders, translated by William Frost. But it might as well be Halloween, for all the ghoulish deeds and wicked fiends the book contains.”
Wall Street Journal

“This nail-biter offers the best of everything Department Q thrillers promise: compelling team rapport, boots-on-the-ground detection, masterful story construction, and a cliffhanger ending.”
Booklist (starred)

“Opening teases don’t get much more tantalizing than in bestseller Adler-Olsen’s stellar ninth Department Q novel featuring Copenhagen’s cold-case division.... The climax lives up to the promise of the brilliant opening, cleverly connecting all the plotlines.”
Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Every character seemed to come alive.... This police procedural and crime thriller has a stunning and deeply involved plot. The twists and turns will keep readers highly engaged and leads to an action-filled and emotional conclusion."
Mystery and Suspense Magazine

“Award-winning author Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers another spellbinding thriller, The Shadow Murders, the ninth installment in his popular Department Q series… Readers will find it hard to put the book down because it is so intense, compelling and well done on every level.”
Book Reporter

The Shadow Murders is a big, complex creation.... [Adler-Olsen] is an elite writer among a field of exciting Scandinavian suspense writers.”
—New York Journal of Books