by Jussi Adler-Olsen

 The first book in Olsen’s Department Q series,  Carl MØrck, a homicide detective near retirement is “promoted” to the new department of  old cases.  There with his totally intriguing immigrant Muslim  assistant Assad.  Their first case involves the disappearance of a very popular politician some 5 years prior.  She had a brother who survived a car accident but is almost totally incapacitated as a result. The story plays out with one following the politician and the other following MØrck, who is a stubborn old curmudgeon of the old school of detectives,  but somehow lovable.