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THE PURITY OF VENGEANCE
A Department Q Novel
Jussi Adler-Olsen
International superstar Jussi Adler-Olsen, with
more than fourteen million copies of his books
sold worldwide, returns with the fourth book
in his New York Times bestselling Department
Q series, about a perplexing cold case with
sinister modern-day consequences.
In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth,
including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize
wayward girls in 1950s Denmark.
More than twenty years later, Detective Carl Mørck already has plenty on his mind
when he is presented with the case of a brothel owner, a woman named Rita, who
went missing in the eighties: New evidence has emerged in the case that destroyed the
lives of his two partners—the case that sent Carl to Department Q.
But when Carl’s assistants, Assad and Rose, learn that numerous other people
disappeared around the same weekend as Rita, Carl takes notice. As they sift through
the disappearances, they get closer and closer to Curt Wad, who is more determined
than ever to see the vision of his youth take hold and whose brutal treatment of Nete
and others like her is only one small part of his capacity for evil.
With The Purity of Vengeance, Jussi Adler-Olsen delivers a thrilling and shocking
addition to his bestselling Department Q series.
PRAISE FOR JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN
“This series has enough twists to captivate contemporary
mystery readers and enough substance and background to
entertain readers with historical and literary tastes.”
—Library Journal (starred review) on A Conspiracy of Faith
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“From the busy efforts of forensics to some
riveting train-and-car chasing near the end, there
is no lack of action in A Conspiracy of Faith.”
—Houston Chronicle