Author: ADLER-OLSEN, JUSSI
Title: The Purity of Vengeance a Department Q Novel
Description: New York: Dutton, 2013. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525954015. Remainder mark bottom page edges. DJ is near-fine condition.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.7 inches; 500 pages; "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.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0525954015 Fiction::Mystery
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Title: The Purity of Vengeance a Department Q Novel
Description: New York: Dutton, 2013. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525954015. Remainder mark bottom page edges. DJ is near-fine condition.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.7 inches; 500 pages; "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.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0525954015 Fiction::Mystery
Price: US$ 16.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 19481
- Book number: 19481
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