The Marco Effect

The Marco EffectBy: Jussi Adler Olsen Series: A Department Q Novel INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q A teenaged boy on the run propels Detective Carl Mrck into Department Qs 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. Unfortunately, his Uncle Zola forces the children of their former gypsy clan to beg

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