Detective Carl Morck of Department Q, the cold cases division, has received a file concerning the brutal murder of a brother and sister twenty years earlier. A group of boarding school students were the suspects, until one of their numbers confessed and was convicted. So why is the file of a closed case on Carl's desk? Who believes the case is not solved?
In the heart-pounding new installment 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 Morck, 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.
The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 27 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD "The president has gone way too far. . . . These are practically dictatorial methods we're talking about." When Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen is elected president of the United States, it is a personal victory for Dorothy "Dottie" Rogers. She has secured a job in the White House, has proved to her Republican father that she was right to support Jansen, and is proud to see the rise of an intelligent, inspiring leader who shares her ideals. But the triumph is short-lived: Jansen's pregnant wife is assassinated on election night, and the alleged mastermind behind the shooting is none other than Dottie's own father. When Jansen ascends to the White House, he is a changed man, determined to end gun violence by any means necessary. Rights are taken away as quickly as weapons. Checkpoints and roadblocks destroy infrastructure. The media is censored. Militias declare civil war on the government. The country is in chaos, and Dottie's finds herself fighting for the life of her father, who just may be innocent.
Germany, World War II. Two English pilots are shot down and crash land behind enemy lines. The area swarming with German troops, they have only minutes to crawl from the wreckage and make their escape. Boarding a train reserved for wounded SS men on the way home from the eastern front, they ditch their clothing and personal belongings and pose as German soldiers, hiding for days in soiled, bloody beds, feigning unconsciousness. But their act is too convincing and they find find themselves being transferred to Alphabet House, a mental hospital for those damaged by war. How will they escape? And for how long can you simulate insanity without going crazy for real? They are playing a dangerous game and it seems they might not be the only ones in Alphabet House hiding secrets.
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Eine rabenschwarze Geschäftsidee Was hatte die Frau gerade zu ihrem Friseur gesagt? Sie würde es sich auch richtig was kosten lassen, wenn man ihren Alten beiseiteschaffen könnte?! Was für eine Geschäftsidee … Ein origineller, schwarzhumoriger Kurzkrimi von Jussi Adler-Olsen Wie freimütig diese Frauen doch reden! Sitzen beim Friseur und beratschlagen mit ihm oder ihrer besten Freundin, wie sie sich am besten ihres Ehemanns entledigen könnten. Lars Hansen, gerade selbst von seiner Frau verlassen und in akuten Geldnöten, muss nicht lange überlegen. Was für eine Geschäftsidee! Ja, gegen eine anständige Bezahlung kann er die Damen nachhaltig von ihren Gatten erlösen. Nur Blut darf dabei nicht fließen, auf keinen Fall. Und so scheffelt Hansen ein kleines Vermögen, der Bedarf scheint groß, seine Methode unangreifbar. Doch dann geschieht etwas, das die Konstruktion seines neuen Doppellebens maximal ins Wanken bringt. Für Leserinnen und Leser von skandinavischen Krimis und Fans von Krimiparodien wie Rita Falk. Neben der Carl-Mørck-Reihe sind bei dtv außerdem folgende Titel von Jussi Adler-Olsen erschienen: ›Das Alphabethaus‹ ›Das Washington-Dekret‹ ›Takeover‹