Marco

Has department Q bitten off more than it can chew this time?

Fifteen-year-old Marco wants nothing more than to gain Danish citizenship and go to school like any other kid. But his uncle, Zola, rules the family clan with an iron fist, forcing Marco and the other children to beg and steal. When Marco discovers Zola plans to maim him for profit, he attempts the impossible: he runs away. During his escape, however, he accidentally uncovers a dangerous family secret—and the fight for his life begins. Will he manage to get proof? Should he go to the police? For now, he has no idea that it's not just his family on his heels, but someone else too.

Detective Inspector Carl Mørck decides to save the mysterious young man, who clearly has something to say about the case of a missing government official. Carl and his colleagues, Assad and Rose, slowly unravel the threads of a vast corruption scandal that leads them from the world of banking and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deep into the African jungle.

Fans of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s work can look forward to the investigative team being joined by another interesting character…

"The constant threat of death hanging over almost everyone involved in the case makes the story incredibly tense, and you won't be able to put the book down. To calm your heart rate, passages where Carl deals with his personal life are woven into the fight for survival. And thanks to the sarcasm mastered by all the investigators in Department Q, you'll also have a good laugh. "
- Michaela Vavřinová, severskedetektivky.cz

"The essence of his approach is the combination of several motifs, so masterfully crafted in prose that the reader devours every sentence, anticipating what the author's imagination will offer next. There's no doubt he draws from reality. "
- František Cinger, Právo

"In the pages where Adler-Olsen describes Marco's escape from a villain reminiscent of Fagin from Oliver Twist, he surpasses many of his Nordic colleagues in the crime genre. In the chapters about Department Q, the mood is closer to a heist comedy, yet this contrasts with the grotesque and dark horror, over which the well-oiled machinery of the story glides smoothly on blood and brutality. "
- POLITIKEN

"Jussi Adler-Olsen is a master of his craft, and Marco is an effectively written crime novel with the author's signature humour and personal commitment to fighting injustice. The masterful description of Marco's fate in Copenhagen, as he evades pursuers from both his family clan and tough professional assassins, is particularly breathtaking. "
- VILD MED KRIMI

"An international-level thriller, spiced with Copenhagen colour. "
- INFORMATION