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Mercy: Department Q, Book 1 (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Author), Steven Pacey (Narrator)
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  • Audio Download
  • Listening Length: 13 hours and 35 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Audible.co.uk Release Date: 21 Jun 2012
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008DHF516
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (184 customer reviews)
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The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Mercy, Scandinavia's new bestselling crime phenomenon.

Read by the actor Steven Pacey. 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 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?

©2012 Jussi Adler-Olsen; (P)2012 Penguin Books Ltd

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60 of 62 people found the following review helpful
By DebB TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
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This is good, although both I and my other half who read it before me both found the beginning poor. He didn't like the very quick time changes, but those soon settle down, and I thought the translation was a bit clunky, although flicking back now I can't find anything specific to quote! HOWEVER, that all disappears and this quickly settles down into a gripping, well paced, interesting book, with a scary story line and the odd unexpected lift of humour.
I liked our battered, stressed, damaged hero, loved his sidekick who started out as a bit of light entertainment, but acquired depth and character towards the end - and left unanswered questions, such as who was he, and how the heck did he get the job in the first place? The "heroine" is one tough cookie, and I read her chapters with as much interest and anticipation as I did the others - the author's trick of sliding her time line up to meet the book's present day created a gradual increase in tension that kept me seriously interested in what happened next.
So - I recommend this, I will be passing it onto other friends and family, and I'll keep an eye open for other work from this author.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars High Pressure from Start to Finish! 26 Mar 2011
By C. Hawkes TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
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Jussi Adler-Olsen's Mercy, written as it is by a Scandinavian author, is inevitably going to invite comparison with Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. However, I have to confess at this point that although I've read all three of Larrson's novels, I failed to be convinced by them, finding the plot intricate, the characters engaging, but the novels over-written and underedited. As my 5 star review for this Danish novel suggests, I found Mercy much more compelling a read.

The plot is stark and gripping, segueing between Carl M�rck, damaged detective placed in charge of "Department Q", a police department ostensibly set up to look at significant unsolved cases (but actually intended as a means of sidelining M�rck, a potentially troublesome non-team player) and abductee Merete Lynggaard, imprisoned in a pressure chamber. Both characters are well drawn, and the plot moves at a relentless pace as the two narrative strands move closer.

Another feature of the novel I found fascinating was the relationship between M�rck and his assistant, Assad: these two oddball characters complement each other well, and the dynamic built up between them is a major factor in the novel's success.

Adler-Olsen has written two other novels about Department Q; all three have been bestsellers in Denmark, and I am sure that they will be received here with the same enthusiasm. I thoroughly recommend this novel to any reader interested in crime fiction - and wait eagerly for the translation and publication in Britain of the next two volumes!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By canmus
Format:Paperback
Word of warning.

THIS BOOK IS THE SAME AS "KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES"

Entertaining read but not brilliant. I don't usually read thrillers but had heard so many good thing about this one I thought i'd give it a try.
A bit silly in places.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good plot and well-written 3 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
This is a great read if you like a crime story with a tense and clever plot which is also well-written. All the central characters really lived and both atmosphere and place are vividly described. I loved the complexity of the story-line and the way the various strands come together as the time lines gradually converge. The humour gave the characters warmth and humanity, which provided a good contrast to the darker side of the story. I have recommended it to a friend and I will definitely read more Adler-Olsen in the future.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Another good one from up north 5 Feb 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
Carl, a grumpy but likeable detective, is given a basement office to head up a new department which is to work on cold cases. Assad, an alleged Syrian refugee, who is not a policeman, is assigned to help him. The first case they work on is the disappearance of a female politician some 5 years earlier.

This is a good, well-constructed and well-delivered story. It is related in the third person and switches between 2002 (the disappearance) and 2007 (the cold-case investigation) pretty seamlessly. I think observations in some reviews that Adler-Olsen is a poor man's Larsson and that the translation effort was poor are unfair and overly critical. I actually believe the translator did well in drawing on common English sayings to get equivalent meanings across. The reader is required to stretch her/his imagination a little but we do not have nonsense-overload here.

There were a couple of typos in the Kindle version but not serious enough to annoy.

Adler-Olsen has done enough with this book to get me interested in any sequels which may emerge - the plot and story-telling here kept me happy and I would also like to see how some some smaller open matters from this one are dealt with. 9/10
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Merciless tension 15 May 2012
By Huck Flynn VINE VOICE
Format:Paperback
seems churlish to give this less than 5 stars - so much better than a lot of the stuff i've read recently (including nesbo, larsson, nesser and mankell)
- great new detective team (Carl and Assad - a dynamic and comic duo)
- good plot threads, trail of detection and revelation
- strong characterization
- very well paced
- well translated (by Lisa Hartford)
although it has lots of well used elements and plot devices it seems fresh and original
what more could you ask from a crime thriller ?
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
This may not be considered as literary a novel as a Wallander,but it is a very enjoyable,gripping thriller. Read more
Published 1 day ago by cocobrooke
4.0 out of 5 stars Great detective, he is human!
There is a detective with real life issues. athmospheric - edge of seat and page turner. On my list. Unique.
Published 5 days ago by Mary O. Shea
5.0 out of 5 stars Jussi Adler- Olsen's Department QW series
Just discovered Adler-Olsen's Department Q series and have finished the first book, Mercy. Difficult to put down, well written and well translated. Read more
Published 6 days ago by R. Tindle
5.0 out of 5 stars Stop the clocks!
It's been a while since I came across a read that demanded full attention at the cost of anything and everything else but this is one definitely worth pulling a sicky, lying to... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Flying Tortoise
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
A good read, especially for 99p! Will buy the rest when they come down in price hopefully soon.
Chris Mitchell
Published 7 days ago by Mr C J Mitchell
4.0 out of 5 stars New scandinavian writer
I have not read this writer before and found the book to be well written and a story that you have to read to the end
Published 7 days ago by Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant thriller ------ but Marcy is also released as The Keeper of...
Noir at its best in the new department set up to re-investigate cold cases. A detective who couldn't care less about authority, a sidekick Assad who is definitely unconventional... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Lili
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book,
Good read,keeps you guessing all the way through.
Looking forward to reading the next two books. Good price for a good read.
Published 1 month ago by ROB
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever Plot - A must read
My wife suggested that I read this book and it is definitely a must read. The plot line is unusual. The characters are well portrayed, especially the brilliant and bolshi detective... Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. S. Hallam
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but with serious flaws
I enjoyed this novel and would have given it three and a half stars but that option isn't available. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Gregory F Naylor
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