Book description
Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen is Scandinavia's new bestselling
crime writing sensation
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?
A dark and mysterious story, Mercy establishes Jussi
Adler-Olsen as the master of the Nordic thriller.
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
Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and studied medicine,
sociology, politics and film. He worked as a magazine editor and
publisher before starting to write fiction. So far he has written four
Department Q thrillers, which all hit the Danish bestseller lists on
publication and stayed there ever since.
Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and studied medicine,
sociology, politics and film. He worked as a magazine editor and
publisher before starting to write fiction. So far he has written three
Department Q thrillers, which all hit the Danish bestseller lists on
publication and stayed there ever since.
