A Conspiracy of Faith: Department Q, Book 3 Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00D1YRPOQ | Format: PDF
A Conspiracy of Faith: Department Q, Book 3 Description
The New York Times and internationally best-selling Danish crime writer Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the third thriller in his exhilarating Department Q series.
Detective Carl Mørck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It's a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating in the ocean for years before turning up, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren't they reported missing? Could they possibly still be alive?
Carl's investigation will force him to cross paths with a woman stuck in a desperate marriage: Her husband refuses to tell her where he goes, how long he will be away, what he does while he's gone - or even what he does for a living. Isolated after choosing him over family and friends, she waits for days on end, and when he returns she must endure his wants, his moods, his threats. But enough is enough. She will find out the truth, no matter the cost to him - or to herself.
In this heart-pounding thriller, Carl and his colleagues Assad and Rose must use every resource available to uncover the horrifying truth set adrift in that bottle all those years ago.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 15 hours and 27 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Penguin Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: May 28, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00D1YRPOQ
I have been waiting for this novel to be released for almost a year, and I am happy to report that the read was very well worth wait. 'A Conspiracy of Faith' is Adler-Olsen's third installment into the 'Department Q' series. Book three undoubtably steps up to the tempo set by the two previous novels. Although the cases in all three novels are strikingly different in nature, Alder-Olsen's ability to shock, inspire, and mystify continue to impress.
Detective Carl Morck and his assistants Assad and Rose are again given a case that has stumped other investigators. In fact, the case that they are assigned, may not even be a 'case' at all. After nearly ten years of being afloat in the ocean, a glass bottle containing a handwritten message is picked up by a curious scavenger and left to sit in a window seal as a trophy of mystery. Its interest as a conversation piece fades and is forgotten until the man dies years later. Found among his belongings after his death, it is opened and the secrets of it's contents are revealed. Even after years at sea and exposure to the sun, the message's intent is frighteningly clear: HELP. The years of exposure have tainted the vast majority of the written message, but several details are clearly deciphered when the letter is enhanced. Two teenage boys have been abducted, held prisoner, and are begging for their lives. The signature of one of the captives is illegible, but the date is clear - February 1996. Helping is certainly more than a day late and a dollar short if the message's cause and purpose are determined to be legitimate. Is the letter truly a desperate cry for help? Or a sick prank? As Morck and his team of assistants dig deeper, they are also asked to assist in a case involving series of arsons in the industrial sector.
In "The Keeper of Lost Causes," Jussi Adler-Olsen created a fascinating pair--the immature and irritable Inspector Carl M?rck and his insightful Syrian sidekick, Hafez el-Assad. M?rck, who riled his superiors one time too many, is consigned to a basement office with dusty files of old cases. Although Carl is determined to spend his working hours with his feet up, watching television, taking naps, and smoking, Assad, who had originally been hired as a cleaner, is an eager sleuth. He inspires Carl to do his job, and before he realizes what is happening, Carl's old instincts kick in.
"A Conspiracy of Faith," nicely translated by Martin Aitken, begins promisingly. Carl, as usual, is determined to do as little work as possible, while Assad is eager to be productive. They soon become embroiled in two investigations--one involving a series of suspicious fires and the second concerning a mysterious message in a bottle. The message was written using a piece of wood and the writer's own blood. If what the note says is true, the person who composed it was held captive by a maniac who was planning to kill him.
Adler-Olsen delves into Carl's psyche and we discover that behind the facade of laziness and apathy are a sharp mind and compassionate nature. In addition, the author amuses us with Carl and Assad's banter and their efforts to tame the third member of their team, the prickly and unpredictable Rose. We also learn a bit more about Carl's untidy personal life, emotional distress, and need to redeem himself as a man and a police officer.
Unfortunately, at five hundred pages, the book loses some of its steam in the second half.
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