The Keeper of Lost Causes
Department Q 1
$30.50
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2014
Summary
Film tie-in edition of the first book in the internationally bestselling Department Q series. Originally published in the UK as Mercy.
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 crea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405919760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405919760 |
| Author: | Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Department Q |
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Critics Review
“The new ‘it’ boy of Nordic Noir.”
-“The Times” (London)
““The Keeper of Lost Causes” is dark, atmospheric, and compelling. Those who loved “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” will devour this book.”
-C.J. Box, “New York Times” bestselling author of “Cold Wind”
“Gripping storytelling.”
-“The Guardian”
“Jussi Adler-Olsen tells his stories as wickedly as Dean Koontz and has his detectives work as hard as Stieg Larsson.”
-Jydske Vestkysten (Denmark)
“This novel is for every Scandinavian crime fiction fan a must-read!”
-“Hannoversche Allgemeine” (Germany)
“As impressive as it is unnerving.”
-“The Independent”
“An unusually fine and extremely fascinating thriller, which will keep you breathless till the very last page.”
-“politiken.dk”
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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