the keeper of lost causes by jussi adler olsen

There the disgruntled Carl's interest is snagged by the disappearance of Merete Lynggaard, a talented politician who vanished without a trace five years earlier. His superiors, tired of his cynical sniping, put him in charge of a new department for hopeless cases, one located in a disused basement office and staffed by a single inexperienced assistant. The publication of the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series, ably translated by Tiina Nunnally, is cause for celebration.Ĭarl Morck, a caustic, prickly detective, is returning to work after a shooting in which one of his colleagues was killed and another paralyzed. The Absent One holds a 92% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews.Since Smilla made the bestseller list with her sense of snow many years ago, not many Danish thrillers have been made available in English. The film also received the Audience Award. įares Fares who plays Assad received the Robert Award (called the 'Danish Oscar') for his performance as Best Actor in a Supporting Role. When it was released in Oct 2014 it was Denmark's highest-grossing opening week for a local film ever. Kristian Høgh Jeppesen as Bjarne Thøgersen.Danica Curcic as Kirsten Marie Larsen ('Kimmie').

The existence of department Q is threatened by the success of other departments. Dept Q's investigation leads away from the young man originally convicted, towards a group of students from a nearby boarding school who became pillars of the Danish establishment. At first unwilling to get involved in the case, Mørck changes his mind after their father commits suicide after approaching him one night and leaving behind a box of material on the case he has been collecting for years.

The story centers around the murder of twins in 1994, one of whom was also raped. It is the second film in the Department Q series following the 2013 film The Keeper of Lost Causes, and preceding the 2016 film A Conspiracy of Faith. The Absent One ( Danish: Fasandræberne), also known as Department Q: The Absent One, is a 2014 Danish crime mystery film directed by Mikkel Nørgaard and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's novel of the same name.

The keeper of lost causes by jussi adler olsen