Carl, as usual, has lots of personal problems to deal with – upsets in his love life, a change for the worst in police management, and an arrogant new staff member he doesn't want around. The Marco Effect is the best Department Q novel yet, and perhaps the best offering of Scandinavian Noir this year.

The Marco Effect is the 5th in the Department Q series by Danish author Jussi Adler Olsen. His books tend to be long so I listened to the audiobook this time which didn't disappoint. The book centers around 15 year old Marco a lovable character from a gypsy clan relocated from Italy.

Now Marco is frantically on the run. Eriksen and his old schoolmate and co-conspirator, banker Teis Snap, are headed for a major falling-out. And Carl, who’d be perfectly happy investigating the houseboat fire that claimed the life of Minna Virklund, wouldn’t have been sucked into a series of coverup murders that threaten to go on forever.

The screenplay for “The Marco Effect” is written by Anders F. August (“A Fortunate Man”) and was co-written by Thomas Porsager. The film follows 14-year-old Marco, a homeless gipsy boy, who is...

- Publishers Weekly ". The Marco Effect works, because Marco is a compelling hero, the villains are truly odious, and Mork and his quirky, savvy subordinates ultimately carry the day.". - Booklist "If a scene works, Adler-Olsen never minds reprising it two or three times with minor variations.

With a budget of more than €7m, a captivating as well as thrilling script and Jussi Adler-Olsen’s internationally known novel behind, we are convinced that The Marco Effect has the potential to...

THE MARCO EFFECT gets rolling for Carl and Department Q when Assad and Rose follow a whimsy and pick up a missing persons case involving William Stark, a civil servant who, while on a fact-finding mission in Africa, abruptly returned to Copenhagen early and promptly disappeared.

About The Marco Effect. A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mørck 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.

The Marco Effect. A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Morck 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.