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  • Published: 25 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141399997
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 640
  • RRP: $26.00

Redemption




The internationally bestselling author of Mercy and Disgrace returns with his third heart-stopping Department Q novel

Two boys, brothers, wake tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but soon he will return. Their bonds are inescapable. But there is a bottle and tar to seal it. Paper and a splinter for writing; blood for ink. A message begging for help.

In Copenhagen's cold cases division Carl Mørck has received a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two boys. Is it real? Who are they and why weren't they reported missing? Can they possibly still be alive?

  • Published: 25 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141399997
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 640
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write. Redemption is the third novel in the Department Q series, following on from Disgrace and Mercy. Jussi Adler-Olsen holds the prestigious Glass Key Award, given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark's highest literary accolade.

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Praise for Redemption

Grippingly different

The Times

This is your methadone if you enjoyed The Killing and found it overwhelmingly addictive

BBC Radio 2 Claudia Winkleman Arts Show

A weighty and disturbing novel . . . with an ingenuity as impressive as it is unnerving

Independent