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 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.
Departamento Q Serie
Esta serie de detectives sigue a Carl Mørck, un detective de la policía de Copenhague que se convierte en el jefe del Departamento Q, especializado en casos sin resolver. Su equipo, incluidos sus asistentes, busca descubrir la verdad detrás de viejos crímenes que han sido descuidados. La serie mezcla suspense, psicología y humor mientras Mørck lidia con sus propios demonios. Cada caso presenta nuevos desafíos y revelaciones que cambian las vidas de quienes lo rodean.
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The master of the Nordic thriller returns with the seventh instalment of the gripping Department Q series.
The master of the Nordic thriller returns with the eighth instalment of the gripping Department Q series.
In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades. On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the case lands on Detective Carl Mørck’s desk, he can’t imagine what this has to do with Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division since the cause of death seems apparent. However, his superior, Marcus Jacobsen, is convinced that this is related to an unsolved case that has been plaguing him since 1988. At Marcus's behest, Carl and the Department Q gang—Rose, Assad, and Gordon—reluctantly begin to investigate. And they quickly discover that Marcus is onto something: Every two years for the past three decades, there have been unusual, impeccably timed deaths with connections between them that cannot be ignored, including mysterious piles of salt at the scenes. As the investigation goes deeper, it emerges that these "accidents" are in fact part of a sinister murder scheme. Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult by COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their personal lives, the Department Q team must race to find the culprit before the next murder is committed, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the killer is far from finished.
The gripping conclusion of the Department Q series sees the team facing a personal crisis as they work to uncover the truth behind a cold case that has led to their leader's imprisonment. With enemies lurking and time slipping away, the stakes have never been higher. The narrative promises intense suspense and a deep exploration of loyalty and justice as the team races against the clock to save one of their own.
