The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen - ISBN: 9781784295905
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A vanished girl, a hidden cult, and a deadly manipulator.

The Hanging Girl

The bestselling crimes series that inspired the hit Netflix show DEPT. Q, starring Matthew Goode

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  • Paperback

    608 pages

  • Release Date

    30 August 2016

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Summary

In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Morck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive at first, but then he receives some shocking news.

Carl then 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784295905
ISBN-10:1784295906
Author:Jussi Adler-Olsen, William Frost
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:Quercus Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:608
Release Date:30 August 2016
Weight:472g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 40mm
Series:Department Q
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The new “it” boy of Nordic Noir - Times

Gripping story-telling - Guardian

Adler-Olsen’s prose is superior to Larsson’s, his tortures are less discomfiting, and he has a sense of humour - Booklist on Mercy

[A] sordid tale … inspired by actual events during a dark period of Danish history. Ah, but there is more, so much more in this frenzied thriller - New York Times on Guilt

About The Author

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark’s number one crime writer and a New York Times bestseller. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than fifteen million copies around the world. His many prestigious Nordic crime-writing awards include the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson.

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