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Germany, World War II. Two english pilots are shot down and crash land behind enemy lines. The area swarming with german troops, they have only minutes to crawl from the wreckage and make their escap

The Keeper of Lost Causes (originally published in the UK as Mercy) is the nail-biting first book in the internationally bestselling Department Q series. It is now a major movie, released in the UK in August 2014.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 Mrck 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?Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen:''Gripping storytelling'' Guardian''Engrossing'' Sunday Express''As impressive as it is unnerving'' IndependentJussi Adler-Olsen has sold over 10 million books worldwide. He is the internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series (Disgrace, Redemption, Guilt and Buried) featuring Carl Mrck. The Keeper of Lost Causes was originally published in the UK as Mercy, and is now a major Danish language movie.

Marco, un adolescent de 15 ans, a passé toute sa vie au sein d'une bande de jeunes voleurs exploités par son oncle Zola. Un jour, alors qu'il essaie de sortir de la clandestinité, il découvre le cadavre d'un homme, lie a des affaires de corruption internationale, dans le bois derriere les maisons de son ancien clan, et doit fuir, poursuivi par son oncle qui veut le faire taire.

"El comisario Christian Habersaat lleva diecisiete años intentando en vano esclarecer la muerte de una joven que apareció colgando cabeza abajo de un árbol. Desesperado, le pide ayuda a Carl Mørck, q

Penguin Picks are stories you'll want to read again and again. Beautifully and stylishly designed by a modern artist, they are not only stories you'll keep coming back to but also books whose looks will never go out of fashion . . . 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 . . .'Engrossing' Sunday Express----------Popular Penguins perfectly designed

Und dann kam die Angst wie ein schleichendes Gift. Die verzerrte Stimme kam aus einem Lautsprecher irgendwo im Dunklen: »Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu deinem Geburtstag, Merete. Du bist jetzt hier seit 126 Tagen, und das ist unser Geburtstagsgeschenk: Das Licht wird von nun an ein Jahr lang eingeschaltet bleiben. Es sei denn, du weißt die Antwort: Warum halten wir dich fest?« Am 2. März 2002 verschwindet eine Frau spurlos auf der Fähre von Rødby nach Puttgarden, man vermutet Tod durch Ertrinken. Doch sie ist nicht tot, sondern wird in einem Gefängnis aus Beton gefangen gehalten. Wer sind die Täter? Was wollen sie von dieser Frau? Und: Kann ein Mensch ein solches Martyrium überleben?

Pourquoi Merete Lyyngaard croupit-elle dans une cage depuis des années ? Pour quelle raison ses bourreaux s''acharnent-ils sur la jeune femme ? Cinq ans auparavant, la soudaine disparition de celle qui incarnait l''avenir politique du Danemark avait fait couler beaucoup d''encre. Mais, faute d''indices, la police avait classe l''affaire. Jusqu''a l''intervention des improbables Carl Mrck et Hafez el Assad du Departement V, un flic sur la touche et son assistant d''origine syrienne. Pour eux, pas de cold case ... Couronne par les prix scandinaves les plus prestigieux, le thriller de Jussi Adler-Olsen, premiere enquete de l''inspecteur Mrck, est un veritable phenomene d''edition mondial. Les raisons d''un fol engouement ? Deux personnages sympathiques et attachants, et une histoire a l''efficacite demoniaque.

Eine Reihe vermisster Personen aus dem Jahr 1987, die durch eine Person und deren entsetzliches Schicksal verbunden sind: Nete Hermansen. Eine junge Frau ohne jede Chance auf ein selbstbestimmtes Leben, von Menschen grausam misshandelt, wird zwangssterilisiert durch einen fanatischen Arzt und verbannt nach Sprogø, der Insel für ausgestoßene Frauen. Sie nimmt grausam Rache ...

A Wick, aux confins de l’Ecosse, une bouteille en verre dépoli traine depuis des années sur le rebord d’une fenêtre du commissariat. A l’intérieur, une lettre que personne n’a remarquée. Et quand on

Carl Morck used to be a good homicide detective. One of Copenhagen's best, in fact. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, because he didn't draw his gun, blames himself. Now his erratic behaviour is going to cost him his job. It's just a matter of time. So promotion is the last thing he expects.

Internationally bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the sixth book in his exhilarating Department Q series, featuring much-loved series character Detective Carl Mrck.In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters, Carl Mrck, head of Department Q, receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm. Carl is dismissive at first, but then he receives some shocking news.Carl then has no choice but to lead Department Q into the tragic cold case of a vivacious seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from school, only to be found dead hanging high up in a tree. The investigation will take them from the remote island of Bornholm to a hidden cult, where Carl and his assistants must stop a string of new murders by a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything-or anyone-get in the way.

Más de 12,5 millones de libros vendidos. El autor bestseller internacional, Jussi Adler-Olsen vuelve con el sexto libro de la serie Departamento Q, que ofrece al muy querido personaje de la serie detective Carl Mrck. Humor negro e ironia en un mismo libro