The Hanging Girl (Department Q, #6) - BookWyrm for Social Yetis

504 pages

English language

Published 2015

ISBN:: 978-0-525-95494-1

(2 reviews)

"New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the sixth book in his exhilarating 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 …

"New York Times and internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the sixth book in his exhilarating 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 in the way"

(Danish book series: Afdeling Q) (The Hanging Girl (UK/US) / Promesse (Fr))

6 editions

The Unseen Nook&Canny reviewed The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Department Q, #6)

Gripping

5 stars

Content warning not a specific spoiler but about the end of the culprits in the books

After feeling a bit let down by the previous two books in the series, I was pleasantly surprised by how gripping this one turned out to be—it truly had me hooked!

That said, one thing that continues to bother me about the series is how the culprits’ stories end. Their fates often feel a bit underwhelming—either they escape, or meet their end in a way that’s surprisingly uneventful, or sometimes both. Considering how dark and brutal their actions often are, I find myself wishing for a more fitting resolution—something that really delivers a sense of justice.

Dah DJM reviewed The Hanging Girl (Department Q, #6) by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Good story

4 stars

A bit slow, IMHO, but interesting till the end...