The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel

A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl M rck 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 M rck 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.