Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark’s #1 crime writer and a New York Times bestselling author. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in Europe and have sold more than 27 million copies around the world. His many prestigious worldwide crime-writing awards include the Barry Award and the Glass Key Award, also won by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson and Peter Høeg.
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Books by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Series by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Department Q (11 books)
Fictions and Others
No Song for the Dead (Department Q #11 / 11)
2025 | thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, suspense thriller, mystery
Locked In (Department Q #10 / 11)
2023 | thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, suspense thriller, mystery
The Shadow Murders (Department Q #9 / 11)
2021 | thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, suspense thriller, mystery
Victim 2117 (Department Q #8 / 11)
2019 | thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, suspense thriller, mystery
The Washington Decree
2018 | thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery
The Marco Effect (Department Q #5 / 11)
2014 | translation, thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, mystery
A Conspiracy of Faith (Department Q #3 / 11)
2013 | translation, thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, mystery
The Absent One (Department Q #2 / 11)
2012 | translation, thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, mystery
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q #1 / 11)
2012 | translation, thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, mystery
The Purity of Vengeance (Department Q #4 / 11)
2010 | translation, thriller, crime fiction, nordic noir, mystery
Takeover
2002 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
The Alphabet House
1997 | historical fiction, thriller, crime fiction, suspense thriller, mystery