Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write fiction. Mercy, Disgrace and Redemption are the first three in currently four novels in the Department Q series. He holds the prestigious Glass Key Award, given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark's highest literary accolade.
"The new ""it"" boy of Nordic Noir * The Times * Gripping story-telling * Guardian * This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more * Independent *"