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Tre år efter Marco-sagen får Carl en opringning fra Christian Habersaat på Bornholm. Carl afviser ham og efterfølgende går Habersaat til sin afskedsreception, skoser sine forsatte lidt og trækker så en Beretta 9mm pistol og skyder sig i hovedet. Det får Rose, Assad og Carl på
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: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 morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive when he realizes that a new case is being foisted on him, but a few hours later, he receives some shocking news that leaves his headstrong assistant Rose more furious than usual. Carl 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 remote island of Bornholm to a strange sun-worshipping cult, where Carl, Assad, Rose, and newcomer Gordon attempt to stop a string of new murders and a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything�??or anyone�??get i… (more)
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This is book six in the series and I went into it thinking I wasn't going to get the hand of the story but the book is so well written that it doesn't matter.
As always, someone will ask, "should I read the Carl Morck series in order"? This is #6 in the series, and I have only read three others. So there in part is your answer I guess. But I've certainly benefitted from reading earlier titles. They have contributed to my understanding of the composition of Department Q and of the relationships between its members. I also have some understanding of what happened to Morck's friend and colleague Hardy.
Carl Morck receives a phone call from a former colleague whose career has been blighted by his obsession with a murder that took place over three decades earlier. When Morck refuses to help by taking a look at the case, his former colleague commits suicide at his own retirement party, thus forcing Morck to at least visit Bornholm to look at the cause of the suicide. He takes Assad and Rose with him and between they decide that they need to look at the case that had so obsessed Christian Habersaat. In the long run, nothing is what it seems. The threads lead everywhere and finding continuous strings is hard.
When Assad and Carl get close to identifying the person they think was the original murderer, their own lives are put into danger. And meanwhile the author is layering more and more information onto our plates, for us to sift and decide what to discard. This is certainly one of those novels where the reader gets a strong intimation of what is required of the detective.
One of the things that struck me about this novel is a level of humour created by Assad's literal interpretation of idiomatic language. It wasn't an element that had struck me so much in earlier novels. And Morck begins to understand that he doesn't know everything to know about Assad.
I absolutely adore this series - and it's because of the recurring characters.
Copenhagen Police Detective Carl Morck and his assistants Assad and Rose labour in the basement of Police HQ, taking on cold cases. Their
I'm always a sucker for characters that are left of center. And this trio definitely are. While Adler-Olsen creates inventive plots for every book, it is the mystery of Assad (and to a lesser degree, Rose) that has me eagerly awaiting next entry in this series. Slowly but surely over the course of the previous five books, details about the enigmatic Assad have been slowly meted out. Carl's personal life and attitude are also immensely appealing. His inner commentary in response to Assad keeps me laughing. I'm looking forward to see if newcomer Gordon will stick around - I hope so.
It's another 20 year old cold case for the team in The Hanging Girl. A seventeen year old girl on the island of Bornholm went missing on her way to school twenty years ago. She was later found dead - hanging high in the branches of a tree. Adler-Olsen takes the investigation to a unique place. The reader is privy to the goings of a nature worshiping commune. More specifically to the machinations of one of the leaders of the commune, who is determined to have things line up as she sees fit. What, if any, could be the connection between the two? Even with 'insider' knowledge, Adler-Olsen managed to surprise me at the end.
I chose to listen to The Hanging Girl, as I saw the reader was Graeme Malcom, one of my favourites. He's done the previous Department Q books as well, so he has become the voice of Carl for me. His slightly gravelly tone and mild accent embody the mental image I've created for this character.
Another great listen for this reader. And although the case is solved, there's some lovely little loose ends that promise another book - and perhaps more answers. If you've not read any of the Department Q novels, I encourage you to start from the beginning with the first book, The Keeper of Lost Causes. Listen to an excerpt of The Hanging Girl or read an excerpt.
"Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark’s #1 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 Nesbø, Stieg Larsson, and Peter Høeg."
The story is told in alternating perspectives. In one, we have Carl, Assad, and Rose endeavoring to find out what happened to Alberte the day she died, and verify what they now believe was a murder rather than a traffic accident. In the second, we meet Pirjo, a ruthless woman, who worships and adores Atu. I found this to be a much more interesting story line. Of course, it's inevitable that both these plots will eventually merge.
I am a huge fan of this series but the last couple have not lived up to the first books in the series. The book is very long and could easily have been shortened, which might have helped the story flow. I do like the way the characters interact and I love the bond that's developed over the years between Carl and Assad. It continues to strengthen in this book and there are some wonderful moments in the story when Carl realizes how much he's come to rely on Assad. I wouldn't mind losing Rose, though. She's become so unpleasant and whiny. While not my favorite, I'm still a fan and will be buying the next book in the series.
Tags: 2016-read, a-favorite-author, currently-reading, nordic-noir, thank-you-charleston-county-library, translated-mystery
The Hanging Girl is essentially a cold case the group pulls themselves into after a policeman from a remote town who had been investigating it commits suicide in a very public venue. They retrace his steps, while in parallel chapters a group of religious kooks with a couple members who have long-ago ties to the subject of the cold case go through their own intrigue. The case is eventually solved, not exactly as expected, but I guess that's how good mysteries are composed.
This book was 500 pages long, but seemed a lot longer. The team's investigative methods were rather haphazard and that probably contributed to the perception of excess length, and the constant flashes over to the happenings with the religious group, which had some relevance to the plot but mostly existed to build a background for a couple characters, was the main culprit. The writing was decent and the translation seemed to be well done, but the dialogue wasn't consistently crisp and tended to be rather unprofessional at times. All-in-all, it was a decent 'whodunnit' that was much longer than necessary.
Carl Mørck, head of Department Q is called on to the cold case of a seventeen year old girl who disappeared from school, and found dead hanging in a tree. He goes to the small remote Island of Bornholm to investigate further. As he
The story moves at a steady pace with alternating chapters from past to present. This helped in giving me a feel of what each person was going through. The story has some twist, turns and had me guessing until the end. Overall I enjoyed The Hanging Girl and intend to read more in this series.
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Omslaget viser et pendul ophængt i en snor
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Afdeling Q, bind 6
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