The Absent One

In The Absent One, Jussi Adler-Olsen continues the gripping tale of Detective Carl Mørck, who leads Copenhagen's cold cases in Department Q. Intrigued by a two-decade-old double murder, Mørck reopens the case involving a convicted suspect linked to an elite group of boarding-school students. As he delves deeper, he encounters Kimmie, a resourceful woman with a shadowy past, who becomes pivotal to uncovering buried secrets that powerful figures would prefer to keep hidden. This fast-paced follow-up enhances Adler-Olsen's reputation as a master of the thriller genre.