Johanne Louise Schmidt

When three mummified corpses are found in an apartment in Copenhagen, Detective Commissioner Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad are put on the case. When they search the apartment, they stumble across a scandal.

When an eight-year-old message in a bottle ends up at Department Q, Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad are drawn into a horrific case involving a psychopathic murderer, religious fanaticism and abducted siblings.

In 1994, a murder case is closed when an outsider confesses, but in 2014, Carl Mørck realizes something is wrong. As he and his team investigate, they find an old emergency call from a girl who knows the secrets of the murders. As they search for the girl, they discover influential men trying to keep her silent.