Book cover for The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Marco Effect

A Department Q Novel

2014 Released
496 Pages
10-11 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
DuttonISBN 9780698161368

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q

A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck into Department Q’s most sinister case yet in the fifth novel in Jussi Adler-Olsen's New York Times bestselling series.


Fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson longs to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. Unfortunately, his Uncle Zola forces the children of their former gypsy clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a dead body that proves the true extent of Zola’s criminal activities, he goes on the run. But it turns out his family members aren’t the only ones who want to keep Marco silent...forever.

Detective Carl Mørck wants to save the boy, but Marco’s trail leads him to a case that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from seemingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups.

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's #1 crime writer and a New York Times bestselling author. His books have sold more than thirty million copies around the world and have recently been turned into a number-one Netflix show written and directed by Scott Frank. Jussi Adler-Olsen's many awards include the Barry Award and the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, and Stieg Larsson. For the long-awaited continuation of his series, Jussi Adler-Olsen has teamed up with criminal experts Stine Bolther and Line Holm.

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