Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen - ISBN: 9781405912655
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Captured, tortured, and forgotten. Can one detective uncover the truth?

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    23 April 2014

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Summary

Scandinavia’s new bestselling crime writing phenomenon comes to Britain

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 to 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 Mer…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405912655
ISBN-10:1405912650
Author:Jussi Adler-Olsen
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:23 April 2014
Weight:350g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 31mm
Series:Department Q
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Critics Review

The new “it” boy of Nordic Noir

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 *

About The Author

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write fiction. Buried is the fifth novel in the Department Q series, following on from Redemption, Disgrace, Mercy and Guilt. He holds the prestigious Glass Key Award, given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark’s highest literary accolade.

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