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Department Q (Danish: Afdeling Q) is a series of ten Danish Nordic noir crime novels by author Jussi Adler-Olsen which have been adapted in an ongoing series of highly successful Danish films and a forthcoming English language TV adaptation for Netflix which changes the setting from Denmark to Scotland.
- Patrik AndrénUno HelmerssonJohan Söderqvist
- Peter Aalbæk JensenLouise Vesth
- Mikkel Nørgaard [ da; no]
- Nikolaj Arcel
- The Keeper of Lost Causes. October 3, 2013. Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.
- The Absent One. October 2, 2014. Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994.
- A Conspiracy of Faith. March 3, 2016. Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008.
- The Purity of Vengeance. October 4, 2018. Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
Feb 12, 2024 · Netflix’s Department Q is an adaptation of author Jussi Adler-Olsen ‘s noir-thriller book series of the same name. Here’s the synopsis for the first book in the Department Q series, The Keeper of Lost Causes: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide detectives.
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- Senior Writer
Jun 17, 2016 · Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes: Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm. Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Mikkel Nørgaard
- 2016-06-17
Based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s international bestsellers, the riveting Department Q series introduces maverick detective Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) who, after majorly botching an assignment, is relegated to reviewing cold cases.
Jun 17, 2016 · Department Q: The Absent One: Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik. The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
Aug 7, 2017 · When it comes to Nordic noir, you’re unlikely to find a series quite like Department Q. Conceived by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, these books are dark and unflinchingly brutal, full of social commentary, yet also manage big doses of madcap, laugh-out-loud humour.
