Mercy: Penguin Picks

**THE INSPIRATION FOR MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q, STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!**THE PULSE-RACING FIRST DEPARTMENT Q THRILLER FROM THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Six-star suspense! Superbly written' 5***** Reader Review'Unputdownable. Keeps you hooked from start to end' 5***** Reader Review'Taut, thrilling and nail-biting' 5***** Reader Review_______She scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escape. She doesn't know how long she's been there. She vows not to go mad. She would rather die. 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?_______PRAISE FOR THE DEPARTMENT Q SERIES:'Gripping story-telling' Guardian'Mesmerising writing' Independent'Scandinavian crime novels don't get much darker' New York Times Book Review'Everything you could possibly want from a thriller and much, much more' Kirkus

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Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen is Scandinavia''s new bestselling crime writing sensation

''She scratched her fingertips on the smooth walls until they bled, and pounded her fists on the thick panes until she could no longer feel her hands. At least ten times she had fumbled her way to the steel door and stuck her fingernails in the crack to pry it open . . .''

Merete Lynggard vanished five years ago. Everyone says she''s dead. Everyone says the case is a waste of time. Everyone except Copenhagen detective Carl Morck. Turning over this old case he thinks he''s found a clue missed by his predecessors. It takes him on a journey, one that upsets his superiors, that troubles his colleagues, that causes him to break rules. But at the end of it a woman waits who has been missing five years . . .

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• | Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 08, 2018
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781405933704
• | ISBN-10: 1405933704