Contributions

  • Aitken, Martin - Contributor
  • 3M Company - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Penguin Group (USA), New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

128,000 words, Guess

Page Count

512 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • ISBN-139780142180815
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013032396
  • OCLC Control Number856983364
  • Better World Books9780142180815
  • Open LibraryOL27918362M

Classifications

  • DDC839.81/38
  • LCCPT8176.1.D54
  • LCCPT8176.1.D54 F5313 2014

Description

Detective Carl Mørck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It's a cry for help from two young brothers bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating for years, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren't they reported missing? Could they still be alive? Detective Mørck follows leads to a desperate woman trapped in a brutal marriage to a man who keeps her in isolation and hides deadly secrets.

Description

The New York Times Detective Carl M©ırck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message, written in blood. It is?a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren?t they reported missing? Could they possibly still be alive? Carl?s investigation will force him to cross paths with a woman stuck in a desperate marriage- her husband refuses to tell her where he goes, what he does, how long he will be away. For days on end she waits, and when he returns she must endure his wants, his moods, his threats. But enough is enough.?She will find out the truth, no matter the cost to her husband?or to herself. Carl and his colleagues Assad and Rose must use all of their resources to uncover the horrifying truth in this heart-pounding Nordic thriller from the #1 international bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • A Department Q novel -- [3]

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Other Editions

  • A conspiracy of faithPenguin Group (USA)2013-01-01

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