Tough chief detective Carl Mørck heads up the newly established Department Q - a place where old, terminated cases go to die. Under explicit orders to only read and sort through cases, just a single day passes before Carl's stubborn nature throws him headfirst into the mysterious case of a female politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago. The only witness was her brain-damaged brother who was found on the car deck, screaming at the top of his lungs.
