The Absent One

The Absent One

Jussi Adler-Olsen

First published 2008Original language DA

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1099 ratingsConfidence 40%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
434
Pages
about 8 h
Reading time

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About the book

Detective Carl Morck investigates the twenty-year-old murders of a brother and sister whose confessed killer may actually be innocent, a case with ties to a homeless woman and powerful adversaries.

Reading order · Department Q

Full order & progress →
Score per volume9 volumes on a timeline, 2007 to 2010 · Best-rated volume: The Purity of Vengeance
  1. The Keeper of Lost Causes
    The Keeper of Lost Causes2007 · 184 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. The Absent One
    The Absent One2008 · 99 ratingsThis book
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. A Conspiracy of Faith
    A Conspiracy of Faith · 70 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. The Purity of Vengeance
    The Purity of Vengeance2010 · 55 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. The Marco Effect
    The Marco Effect · 48 ratings · Not ranked yet
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  6. The Hanging Girl
    The Hanging Girl · 42 ratings · Not ranked yet
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  7. The Scarred Woman
    The Scarred Woman · 33 ratings · Not ranked yet
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  8. Victim 2117
    Victim 2117 · 28 ratings · Not ranked yet
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  9. The Shadow Murders
    The Shadow Murders · 21 ratings · Not ranked yet
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Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 99 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.799 100%

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It has 434 pages — longer than 61% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.

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