Danish Crime Fiction

In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. The result wasn’t what Mørck—or readers—expected, but by the opening of Adler-Olsen’s...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q In the heart-pounding next installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own—the enigmatic Assad. The...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers an exhilarating mystery in the Department Q series, featuring Detective Carl Mørck and his enigmatic assistants, Assad and Rose. In the middle of his usual hard-won...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q Detective Carl Mørck and his colleagues Assad and Rose must use all of their resources to uncover the horrifying truth in this heart-pounding Nordic thriller from the #1 international bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck holds in his hands...

In this chilling Nordic noir thriller set in Copenhagen, detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner investigate a series of brutal murders tied to a hospital, blending psychological suspense, police procedural, and dark social commentary in this sequel to the #1 international bestseller The...

This “must-read for fans of Nordic noir” (BookPage, starred review) follows detectives Korner and Werner as they search for a missing teenager and uncover the web of lies that has threatened his life—and may prevent him from ever being found. When fifteen-year-old Oscar Dreyer-Hoff...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns as Detective Carl Mørck and his Department Q team delve into a cold case that turns into more than they may be able to handle... In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused...

An electrifying work of suspense from internationally bestselling author Katrine Engberg—heralded as a “stunning debut” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs—follows two Copenhagen police detectives struggling to solve a shocking murder and stop a killer hell-bent on...

From internationally bestselling author Katrine Engberg, the series that is a “gripping addition to the Scandinavian crime fiction pantheon” (Oprah Daily) comes to a stunning conclusion as Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner rush to untangle a long-simmering mystery before a brutal killer...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck into Department Q’s most sinister case yet in the fifth novel in Jussi Adler-Olsen's New York Times bestselling series. Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson longs to become a Danish citizen and go to...

Emma Frost inherits a house on Fanoe Island when her grandmother dies. She decides to move there with her family, much to her teenage daughter's regret. One morning a wealthy older woman living in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island's dark secrets reaching into her own family.

On her 60th birthday, a woman commits suicide. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck's desk, he can't imagine what this has to do with Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division. It's a tragedy to be sure, but the cause of death seems to be clear. But his superior, Marcus Jacobsen, is convinced that this is not in fact a suicide, but a murder related to an unsolved case that has been plaguing him since 1988. At Marcus' behest, Carl and the Department Q gang—Rose, Assad, and Gordon—reluctantly begin to investigate. 

Called to the scene of a murder outside Trige, Roland Benito assumes it's a case of petty criminals who made a gruesome mistake. After all, home robberies have been plaguing all of East Jutland for years. But it soon becomes clear that the men who beat Albert Hovgaard to death inside his country estate were no ordinary thieves. Meanwhile, journalist Anne Larsen has been out of work since the financial crisis shuttered the Daily News. But now an unwelcome visit from the past has her investigating a series of missing homeless people.

Den fattige student Rodion Raskolnikov besættes af ideen om at komme ud af sin og familiens fortvivlede situation ved at myrde en gammel, uhæderlig og grådig pantelånerske og bemægtige sig hendes gemte formue, så han kan fuldende studierne og virke til gavn for samfundet. Han er påvirket af de herskende nihilistiske teorier, hvor store ånder og stærke karakterer som han selv ikke er underlagt gængs lov og moral, når det gælder om at fremme ideale mål.

Kriminalpsykolog Sebastian Bergman er tilbage - lige så arrogant, provokerende og uimodståelig som sidst. Manden kollegerne hader, og forbryderne frygter. Efterår. To veninder er på vandretur i det nordlige Sverige. En af dem snubler og gør et makabert fund: En skelet-hånd stikker op af jorden. Politiet ankommer og finder seks nedgravede lig på stedet. Rejseholdet tilkaldes. Det lykkes hurtigt at identificere to af ligene, men de øvrige fire, to voksne og to børn, er fortsat et mysterium. Efterforskningen afslører, at der er en hel del, der ikke stemmer. Rejseholdet indleder en intens jagt på sandheden og må undervejs erkende, at de står over for en magtfuld instans, der har hemmeligheder at skjule og midlerne til at gøre det.

Natasha Bell was a juvenile delinquent. Years later, she harbors a dark secret from her youth. She never expects to work at a place like the Trevino Center for Health and Wellness, a secluded rehabilitation hospital that treats the nation’s richest patients. But when patients mysteriously die, leaving their fortunes to the elusive Trevino family, Natasha must confront her past and uncover the scam inside the Center.

I de mindste byer findes de største hemmeligheder. Nogle gange så store, at det er nødvendigt at dræbe for at bevare dem. Den unge danske læge Maja Holm flygter til en afsides norsk kystby efter et forlist parforhold. I en blanding af døgnlange vagter og medikamenter fra sin egen lægetaske er hun ved at køre sig selv i sænk. Da en af hendes patienter dør af en overdosis, aner Maja, at der ligger mere bag. I sin søgen efter svar indleder hun et umage samarbejde med den lokale tv-journalit Stig Norland.

Da Billy, en plaget ung mand, opsøger Cormoran Strike og fortæller om en forbrydelse, han så, da han var lille, efterlader det privatdetektiven dybt foruroliget. Strike og hans tidligere assistent Robin Ellacott - nu partner i detektivbureauet - forsøger at komme til bunds i Billys historie og føres ad kringlede veje gennem Londons gyder til de hemmelighedsfulde gange i parlamentet og et smukt, men dystert herresæde langt ude på landet. Sideløbende med denne labyrintiske efterforskning er Strikes eget liv langt fra enkelt.

Set in the Danish coastal town of Karrebaeksminde, the story follows journalist Rebekka Franck, who returns to her hometown with her six-year-old daughter. She is trying to escape her ex-husband and start a new life for her and her daughter when the sleepy small town experiences a murder. One of the kingdom's wealthiest men is brutally murdered in his summer residence in Karrebaeksminde.

Den unge kriminalbetjent Lacey Flint har altid været fascineret af myten om Jack the Ripper, Englands mest berygtede seriemorder, som i 1800-tallets London skamferede og myrdede en række prostituerede. Hun har dog aldrig selv arbejdet på en mordsag, før hun en aften gør det chokerende fund af en døende kvinde. Kvinden er blevet frygteligt lemlæstet med en kniv og udånder i Laceys arme. Da Lacey kort tid efter hører om et brev, som angiveligt er afsendt af morderen, løber det hende koldt ned ad ryggen.