The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
This is the latest in the always compelling Department Q series, featuring Danish cop Carl Morck and his merry band of Assad and Rose.
This one focuses on a 15-year-old Gypsy named Marco. A very bright and independent boy, he wants to escape the clutches of his "family's" leader, the cruel Zola, and lead a normal life. When he inadvertently overhears what Zola has in store for him to curb his independence, Marco takes off and literally stumbles upon one of the bodies Zola has buried, a missing civil servant who had been involved with a project in Africa before he mysteriously vanished. Dept Q is on the case of the missing civil servant, which is how Marco comes onto their radar. At one point, Zola's group, the cops, and some African boy soldiers are all trying to find and kill Marco, who proves miraculously resilient.
While it seems a tad implausible that one teenage boy with no friends and no money could elude so many people for so long, this is an engrossing story and Marco is an appealing character--and you really hope he manages to survive.
On the Dept Q front, there are changes afoot for Carl, both in his personal and professional lives. And he's not dealing with either very well. I can't wait to see what happens next.
This one focuses on a 15-year-old Gypsy named Marco. A very bright and independent boy, he wants to escape the clutches of his "family's" leader, the cruel Zola, and lead a normal life. When he inadvertently overhears what Zola has in store for him to curb his independence, Marco takes off and literally stumbles upon one of the bodies Zola has buried, a missing civil servant who had been involved with a project in Africa before he mysteriously vanished. Dept Q is on the case of the missing civil servant, which is how Marco comes onto their radar. At one point, Zola's group, the cops, and some African boy soldiers are all trying to find and kill Marco, who proves miraculously resilient.
While it seems a tad implausible that one teenage boy with no friends and no money could elude so many people for so long, this is an engrossing story and Marco is an appealing character--and you really hope he manages to survive.
On the Dept Q front, there are changes afoot for Carl, both in his personal and professional lives. And he's not dealing with either very well. I can't wait to see what happens next.
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