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FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945

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

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One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant * The Times, Top 100 Crime & Thrillers since 1945 *
The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir * The Times *
Gripping story-telling * Guardian *
This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more * Independent *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/03/2018
      ISBN13: 9781405933704, 978-1405933704
      ISBN10: 1405933704
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945

      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

      Trade Review
      One of the most original plots in crime fiction . . . Brilliant * The Times, Top 100 Crime & Thrillers since 1945 *
      The new "it" boy of Nordic Noir * The Times *
      Gripping story-telling * Guardian *
      This pitch-black novel will have readers hungry for more * Independent *

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