The series follows a team of "misfits" operating from a basement office at police headquarters:
: The team's secretary and researcher, known for her strong will and complex psychological history.
The series is widely known in Germany under the banner: Jussi Adler-Olsen: Wild Cases and Chases - Shelf Awareness
: A brilliant but disillusioned homicide detective sidelined to Department Q after a traumatic shooting that killed one colleague and paralyzed his partner, Hardy.