Mercy (Department Q, 1) - Softcover

Adler-Olsen, Jussi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405912650 ISBN 13: 9781405912655

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945

THE GRIPPING & UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING CRIME WRITING SENSATION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE KILLING, JO NESBO AND SCANDI NOIR.

She scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. She doesn't know how long she's been there. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She would rather die.

Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns politician Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago.

Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right.

But she isn't dead... yet.

Can they save her in time?

Dark, mysterious and gripping, Mercy establishes Jussi Adler-Olsen as the master of the Nordic thriller.

If you like Mercy, you'll love the rest in the Department Q series: Redemption, Disgrace, Guilt and Buried

Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen:

'The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir' The Times

'Gripping story-telling' Guardian

'This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more' Independent

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Review:

One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant (The Times, Top 100 Crime & Thrillers since 1945)

The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir (The Times)

Gripping story-telling (Guardian)

This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more (Independent)

From the Back Cover:

At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first.

***

Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right.

***

The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times:

WHY is this happening?

'Gripping storytelling. Features all the hallmarks Scandi-book fans have come to adore' Guardian

'This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more . . . with an ingenuity as impressive as it is unnerving' Independent

'For those suffering withdrawals from The Killing' The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1405912650
• ISBN 13: 9781405912655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512