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The Keeper of Lost Causes: Department Q 1

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Keeper of Lost Causes: Department Q 1
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jussi Adler-Olsen
SeriesDepartment Q
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:512
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781405919760
ClassificationsDewey:839.8138
Audience
General
Edition Media tie-in

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 31 July 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 M rck 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?

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

"The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir."--"The Times" (London)