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In the heart-pounding eighth instalment of the No.1 bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department''s own - the enigmatic Assad.
The newspaper refers to the dead body only as Victim 2117 - the two thousand, one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea.
But to three people, the victim is so much more, and the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagen''s cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerous - and deeply personal - case: a case that not only reveals dark secrets about the past, but has deadly implications for the future.
For a troubled Danish teen, the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and is the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses. For Ghallib, a brutal tormentor from the notorious prison Abu Ghraib, the death of Victim 2117 was the first step in a terrorist plot, years in the making. And for Department Q''s Assad, Victim 2117 is a link to his buried past and to the family he assumed was long dead.
Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen''s Department Q series:
''Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more'' Kirkus
''So engrossing'' 5* reader review
''Adler-Olsen is the new "it" boy of Nordic Noir'' The Times
''The best author around'' 5* reader review
''Engrossing'' Sunday Express
''Left me wanting more'' 5* reader review
''Gripping storytelling'' Guardian
''Another gripping read from Jussi Adler-Olsen!'' 5* reader review
''As impressive as it is unnerving'' Independent
