The Hanging Girl

New York Times And Internationally Bestselling Author Jussi Adler-Olsen Delivers An Exhilarating Mystery In The Department Q Series Featuring Detective Carl Mørck And His Enigmatic Assistants Assad And Rose.   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 He Receives Some Shocking News That Leaves His Headstrong Assistant Rose More Furious Than Usual. Carl Has No Choice But To Lead Department Q Into The Tragic Cold Case Of A Vivacious Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Who Vanished From School Only To Be Found Dead Hanging High Up In A Tree. The Investigation Will Take Them From The Remote Island Of Bornholm To A Strange Sun-Worshipping Cult Where Carl Assad Rose And Newcomer Gordon Attempt To Stop A String Of New Murders And A Skilled Manipulator Who Refuses To Let Anything—Or Anyone—Get In The Way.