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 ownâthe enigmatic Assad.
The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117âthe two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea. But to three people, the unnamed victim is so much more, and the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagenâs cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerousâand deeply personalâcase. A case that not only reveals dark secrets about the past, but has deadly implications for the future.
For troubled Danish teen Alexander, whose identity is hidden behind his computer screen, the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses in real life. For Ghaalib, one of the most brutal tormentors from Abu GhraibâSaddam Husseinâs infamous prisonâthe death of Victim 2117 is the first step in a terrorist plot years in the making. And for Department Qâs Assad, Victim 2117 is a link to his buried pastâand the family he assumed was long dead.
With the help of the Department Q squadâCarl, Rose, and GordonâAssad must finally confront painful memories from his years in the Middle East in order to find and capture Ghaalib. But with the clock ticking down to Alexanderâs first kill and Ghaalibâs devastating attack, the thinly spread Department Q will need to stay one step ahead of their most lethal adversary yet if they are to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel (Unabridged) - Jussi Adler-Olsen & William Frost
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 ownâthe enigmatic Assad.
The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117âthe two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea. But to three people, the unnamed victim is so much more, and the death sets off a chain of events that throws Department Q, Copenhagenâs cold cases division led by Detective Carl Mørck, into a deeply dangerousâand deeply personalâcase. A case that not only reveals dark secrets about the past, but has deadly implications for the future.
For troubled Danish teen Alexander, whose identity is hidden behind his computer screen, the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses in real life. For Ghaalib, one of the most brutal tormentors from Abu GhraibâSaddam Husseinâs infamous prisonâthe death of Victim 2117 is the first step in a terrorist plot years in the making. And for Department Qâs Assad, Victim 2117 is a link to his buried pastâand the family he assumed was long dead.
With the help of the Department Q squadâCarl, Rose, and GordonâAssad must finally confront painful memories from his years in the Middle East in order to find and capture Ghaalib. But with the clock ticking down to Alexanderâs first kill and Ghaalibâs devastating attack, the thinly spread Department Q will need to stay one step ahead of their most lethal adversary yet if they are to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives.