The Shadow Murders

<b>In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the <i>New York Times</i> and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades.</b><br><br>On her sixtieth birthday a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl&#160;M&#248;rck&#146;s desk he can&#146;t imagine what this has to do with Department Q Copenhagen&#146;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.<br>&#160;<br>At Marcus's behest Carl and the Department Q gang&#151;Rose Assad and Gordon&#151;reluctantly begin to investigate.&#160;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.<br>&#160;<br>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.