In an interview with the newspaper "Politiken," the 74-year-old bestselling author spoke about his terminal cancer diagnosis. The series about Copenhagen's Department Q will now be continued by authors Line Holm and Stine Bolther—with Adler-Olsen involved. Department Q continues its investigations! One of the world's most successful thriller series enters its second season. Carl Mørck is out! After spending a year in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he resigns from Department Q. His successor, the tough, mysterious Frenchwoman Helena Henry from Lyon, arrives in the basement of the Copenhagen police station and puts her feet up on Carl's desk. Rose hates her new colleague from the first moment, while Assad is somewhat bewildered by this fascinating woman. The fact that Helena carries a dark secret doesn't make it any easier to trust her as a new colleague. But a series of gruesome murders leaves no room for such considerations. The team must act, and fast, because the killer's motive lies deep in the past. And it's powerful. But it's Carl, of all people, who provides the team with the first promising lead—one that leads back decades to a singing boarding school where something horrific happened... 'Dead Souls Don't Sing': The eleventh case for Department Q in Copenhagen is a breathtaking thriller about the toxic power of humiliation and the long-lasting power of revenge. Biography (Jussi Adler-Olsen) Jussi Adler-Olsen, born on August 2, 1950, in Copenhagen, studied medicine, sociology, political history, and film, and worked in many different professions. He is considered Denmark's best-selling crime writer. Jussi Adler-Olsen is married and has a son. Notes: New product