Part of Department Q, book 2
First published 2012
Carl Mørck runs Department Q in Copenhagen, where cold cases gather dust. A brutal double murder from two decades past arrives on his desk. A brother and sister died violently at their boarding school. The case seemed closed when one of the privileged student suspects confessed and went to prison. Mørck digs deeper anyway. The files reveal gaps and contradictions. His investigation leads him to Kimmie, a homeless woman who survives by theft and stays hidden from police. She knows how to disappear into the streets. But now others hunt her too. Kimmie carries secrets that powerful people will murder to protect. She also holds one truth that could destroy everything they believe about the original crime. Mørck must find her before her enemies do, but Kimmie has spent years perfecting the art of staying invisible.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: investigation, missing-person
Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark
Period: 20th-century
406 pages · Hardcover · Dutton Books
Content warnings: violence