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.
