No Song for the Dead: A Department Q Novel

Jussi Adler-Olsen's New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series continues, introducing an intriguing new member to the Department Q team . . .

Former head of Department Q Carl M rck has retired. That was the plan, at least. So when he comes across a disturbing audio recording, he turns it over to his former colleagues, who are struggling to keep the old department up and running on their own. That is until a new transfer unexpectedly arrives--Helena Henry, a Frenchwoman who throws herself into the investigation with gusto . . . but who may also have secrets of her own.

When the team realizes that the audio recording might shed new light on a supposedly open-and-shut murder-suicide case from years earlier, suddenly everything they thought they knew is called into question. Meanwhile, a spurt of seemingly random violence--an explosion off the coast of Jutland, a young woman shot dead in Copenhagen--leads the Department Q team to investigate a possible connection to a different long-ago dark and sinister event, one that someone has never forgotten.

Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen,Stine Bolther,Line Holm
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9798217178513


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 38
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2026
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2026
Booklist 09/01/2026

About the Author
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.

Stine Bolther is an internationally bestselling author, journalist, podcast, radio, and tv-host. She is recognized as a specialist on matters relating to the emergency services and has been a true crime reporter for more than twenty-five years. She has written fifteen books, ten true crime and five crime/thrillers. Bolther is also known as the host of several popular podcasts such as "Death in Denmark".

Line Holm is an internationally bestselling thriller writer and a journalist with over twenty years of experience, especially as an investigative journalist. In 2010, she received Kristian Dahl's Memorial Scholarship for journalistic distinction, and she has been nominated two times for Cavlingprisen, the most prestigious Danish journalism award. She has published a number of crime novels with Stine Bolther in addition to No Song for the Dead, plus three non-fiction books.

In 2025, the three authors won the "Martha Prisen" favorite author of the year award in Denmark.