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Scandinavia´s new bestselling crime writing phenomenon comes to Britain

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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.

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One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant The Times, Top 100 Crime & Thrillers since 1945

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Adler-Olsen, Jussi
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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