The scarred woman

Carl Mørck leads Department Q, the cold cases unit of the Copenhagen police. His team faces a case that reaches into the life of one of its own members.

An elderly woman is found dead in a Copenhagen park. The killing closely resembles an unsolved homicide from more than ten years earlier, yet police cannot find any link between the two victims. Elsewhere in the city, a group of young women is being hunted. The attacks look random, and the book asks whether they connect to the murders.

Pressure is building inside headquarters. Carl's superiors expect results, and if Department Q fails to deliver, the unit will be closed. Carl, Assad and Gordon also have a personal problem to deal with. Their colleague Rose has already suffered a breakdown, and her past is resurfacing. A terrible crime may have been committed in her childhood.

This is a Scandinavian crime novel that runs a murder investigation alongside a threat to a close-knit team. Carl, Assad and Gordon must uncover the truth about Rose's childhood before time runs out, and the tone is dark and violent.