The Shadow Murders
A Department Q Novel
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Audible Standard 1-month free trial
Buy Now for $28.19
-
Narrated by:
-
Graeme Malcolm
-
Written by:
-
Jussi Adler-Olsen
-
William Frost - translator
Summary
In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades.
On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck’s desk, he can’t imagine what this has to do with Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division since the cause of death seems apparent. However, his superior, Marcus Jacobsen, is convinced that this is related to an unsolved case that has been plaguing him since 1988.
At Marcus's behest, Carl and the Department Q gang—Rose, Assad, and Gordon—reluctantly begin to investigate. And they quickly discover that Marcus is onto something: Every two years for the past three decades, there have been unusual, impeccably timed deaths with connections between them that cannot be ignored, including mysterious piles of salt at the scenes. As the investigation goes deeper, it emerges that these "accidents" are in fact part of a sinister murder scheme.
Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult by COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their personal lives, the Department Q team must race to find the culprit before the next murder is committed, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the killer is far from finished.
You may also enjoy...
-
The Bat
- The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel
- Written by: Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall29
-
Performance25
-
Story24
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is now streaming on Netflix In the electrifying first installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. As he circles closer to the killer, Harry...
-
-
Very good
- By Natalie Lafleur-Roy on 2023-09-12
Written by: Jo Nesbo, and others
-
The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- Written by: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall62
-
Performance53
-
Story53
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES, DEPT. Q—STARRING MATTHEW GOODE, CHLOE PIRRIE, AND ALEXJE MANVELOV! Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck used to be one of...
-
-
Not sure if it’s Narration Very drab
- By STEVEN DEROY on 2026-02-01
Written by: Jussi Adler-Olsen
-
Kala
- A Novel
- Written by: Colin Walsh
- Narrated by: Frank Blake, Moe Dunford, Seána Kerslake
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall6
-
Performance4
-
Story4
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TABLET, AND CRIMEREADS "An enthralling, evocative and heartfelt mystery" (Chris Whitaker) from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for twenty years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that...
-
-
Slow start but you get into it
- By Anonymous on 2024-06-07
Written by: Colin Walsh
-
The Hypnotist
- A novel
- Written by: Lars Kepler
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall38
-
Performance32
-
Story32
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The first of the Killer Instinct series featuring Detective Joona Linna: a triple murder, the one surviving witness—a boy with no memory of what happened—and the hypnotist hired to help uncover the truth. “Full of surprises and more than enough twists to...
-
-
Love this book
- By shr0hn on 2021-06-24
Written by: Lars Kepler
-
The Blackhouse
- The Lewis Trilogy
- Written by: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall217
-
Performance200
-
Story201
From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry Award-winning The Blackhouse, the first book in the Lewis Trilogy -- a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal...
-
-
DISAPPOINTING
- By JJM on 2019-04-17
Written by: Peter May
-
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne Book #2)
- A Novel
- Written by: Robert Ludlum
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 27 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall19
-
Performance17
-
Story17
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An assassin with no face, no identity, and a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne “A killer of a thriller.”—USA Today The basis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Matt Damon! Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert...
Written by: Robert Ludlum
-
The Bat
- The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel
- Written by: Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall29
-
Performance25
-
Story24
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is now streaming on Netflix In the electrifying first installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. As he circles closer to the killer, Harry...
-
-
Very good
- By Natalie Lafleur-Roy on 2023-09-12
Written by: Jo Nesbo, and others
-
The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- Written by: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall62
-
Performance53
-
Story53
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES, DEPT. Q—STARRING MATTHEW GOODE, CHLOE PIRRIE, AND ALEXJE MANVELOV! Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck used to be one of...
-
-
Not sure if it’s Narration Very drab
- By STEVEN DEROY on 2026-02-01
Written by: Jussi Adler-Olsen
-
Kala
- A Novel
- Written by: Colin Walsh
- Narrated by: Frank Blake, Moe Dunford, Seána Kerslake
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall6
-
Performance4
-
Story4
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TABLET, AND CRIMEREADS "An enthralling, evocative and heartfelt mystery" (Chris Whitaker) from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for twenty years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that...
-
-
Slow start but you get into it
- By Anonymous on 2024-06-07
Written by: Colin Walsh
-
The Hypnotist
- A novel
- Written by: Lars Kepler
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall38
-
Performance32
-
Story32
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The first of the Killer Instinct series featuring Detective Joona Linna: a triple murder, the one surviving witness—a boy with no memory of what happened—and the hypnotist hired to help uncover the truth. “Full of surprises and more than enough twists to...
-
-
Love this book
- By shr0hn on 2021-06-24
Written by: Lars Kepler
-
The Blackhouse
- The Lewis Trilogy
- Written by: Peter May
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall217
-
Performance200
-
Story201
From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry Award-winning The Blackhouse, the first book in the Lewis Trilogy -- a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal...
-
-
DISAPPOINTING
- By JJM on 2019-04-17
Written by: Peter May
-
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne Book #2)
- A Novel
- Written by: Robert Ludlum
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 27 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall19
-
Performance17
-
Story17
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An assassin with no face, no identity, and a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne “A killer of a thriller.”—USA Today The basis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Matt Damon! Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert...
Written by: Robert Ludlum
-
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
- Written by: Jason Arnopp
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall30
-
Performance28
-
Story28
"Ingenious and funny . . . Magnificent." -- Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta Jack Sparks died while writing this book. It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious...
-
-
It Was Okay.
- By Shane C on 2023-11-08
Written by: Jason Arnopp
-
The Summer House
- Written by: Keri Beevis
- Narrated by: Shakira Shute
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall6
-
Performance6
-
Story6
Mead House was once our childhood home. Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past. Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost our elder sister in the most brutal of circumstances. As executors of our grandmother’s will, my twin brother, Ollie, and I needed to empty the house for resale. What I didn’t expect to discover was my sister’s secret journal that contained her most private thoughts and shocking dark secrets.
Written by: Keri Beevis
-
Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 1-3
- A Midlands Crime Thriller Series
- Written by: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall80
-
Performance70
-
Story70
The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late.
-
-
Great New Find
- By Carol M-M on 2024-12-01
Written by: Sally Rigby
-
The Drift
- A Novel
- Written by: C. J. Tudor
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Nathalie Buscombe, Rachel Handshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall23
-
Performance20
-
Story20
Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. “The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up.”—Linwood...
-
-
Just couldn’t get into it
- By Amazon Customer on 2026-01-08
Written by: C. J. Tudor
-
Suspect
- Written by: Scott Turow
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall12
-
Performance12
-
Story12
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial returns with a riveting legal thriller in which a reckless private detective is embroiled in a fraught police scandal. "One of the major writers in America." —NPR For as long as Lucia Gomez has been the police...
-
-
Less Pandering, More Plot Please
- By MG on 2022-10-01
Written by: Scott Turow
-
The Cold, Cold Ground
- Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1
- Written by: Adrian McKinty
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall67
-
Performance61
-
Story61
Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, The Cold Cold Ground is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles—and of a cop treading a thin, thin line—from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Adrian McKinty. “McKinty is one of the most striking and...
-
-
good series opener
- By Robert Pushman on 2022-07-27
Written by: Adrian McKinty
-
A Thin Dark Line
- Broussard and Fourcade, Book 1
- Written by: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall35
-
Performance29
-
Story29
Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away. He’s stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the edge. He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams. She wants justice.
-
-
AMAZING!!!!
- By Patricia from Mexico on 2020-06-07
Written by: Tami Hoag
-
Standing by the Wall
- The Collected Slough House Novellas
- Written by: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall14
-
Performance9
-
Story9
Espionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Slapstick. State secrets dating back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of Slow Horses.
-
-
Should have read the summary!!
- By Blake Menzies on 2023-01-25
Written by: Mick Herron
-
The Couples Trip
- A Novel
- Written by: Ulf Kvensler
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall9
-
Performance6
-
Story6
**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year** **Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022** Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley. Anna, Henrik and Milena's...
-
-
Sadly, not much
- By Robynn on 2025-04-29
Written by: Ulf Kvensler
-
A Long Time Dead
- A D.I. Duncan McAdam Mystery (The Misty Isle, Book 1)
- Written by: J M Dalgliesh
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall22
-
Performance18
-
Story18
D.I. Duncan McAdam is dispatched home to the Misty Isle. A body has been found buried in a remote location on the Waternish peninsula. Well-preserved in the peat, Isla Matheson—missing for the better part of two decades—is revealed to a shocked island community. A teenage runaway is dead...and no one is talking.
-
-
New series YAY
- By Amanda MacDuffee on 2023-10-30
Written by: J M Dalgliesh
-
The Night Shift
- Cavendish and Walker, Book 0
- Written by: Sally Rigby
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall26
-
Performance24
-
Story23
DS Whitney Walker wants a promotion, but it’s hard when she’s trying to balance motherhood with a career. When a newborn baby is kidnapped from the local hospital, she draws on her skills as a mother to help. Despite being ordered not to, and when the leads are going nowhere, Walker enlists the help of a local journalist who’s convinced it’s the work of an international baby smuggling ring. Walker’s plan backfires and she fears they’re running out of time.
-
-
Solid story; strong narrator
- By Martin S. on 2023-11-28
Written by: Sally Rigby
-
The E.M. Forster Collection
- Howards End; A Room with a View; A Passage to India; Where Angels Fear to Tread; The Longest Journey; The Eternal Moment; The Celestial Omnibus
- Written by: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, David Rintoul, Matthew Llyod Davies, and others
- Length: 61 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1
-
Performance1
-
Story1
This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of E.M. Forster's 5 great novels, his greatest work of literary criticism, and 2 short story collections.
-
-
Great Collection
- By Benjamin Lowe on 2025-04-03
Written by: E. M. Forster
What the critics say
—Wall Street Journal
“This nail-biter offers the best of everything Department Q thrillers promise: compelling team rapport, boots-on-the-ground detection, masterful story construction, and a cliffhanger ending.”
—Booklist (starred)
“Opening teases don’t get much more tantalizing than in bestseller Adler-Olsen’s stellar ninth Department Q novel featuring Copenhagen’s cold-case division.... The climax lives up to the promise of the brilliant opening, cleverly connecting all the plotlines.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"Every character seemed to come alive.... This police procedural and crime thriller has a stunning and deeply involved plot. The twists and turns will keep readers highly engaged and leads to an action-filled and emotional conclusion."
—Mystery and Suspense Magazine
“Award-winning author Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers another spellbinding thriller, The Shadow Murders, the ninth installment in his popular Department Q series… Readers will find it hard to put the book down because it is so intense, compelling and well done on every level.”
—Book Reporter
“The Shadow Murders is a big, complex creation.... [Adler-Olsen] is an elite writer among a field of exciting Scandinavian suspense writers.”
—New York Journal of Books
Continue the series
Great Crime Drama
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Captivating
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Poor Carl, will he ever find peace? Love Assad and Rose and even Gordon...it leaves us on a cliff hanging by our toes, so I hope Jussi is busy writing Department Q Book 10
Nastiest villain yet...
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wonderful narration as always.
Another great chapter! But what a cliffhanger!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.