{"product_id":"the-keeper-of-lost-causes-department-q-1","title":"The Keeper of Lost Causes: Department Q 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Causes (originally published in the UK as Mercy) is the nail-biting first book in the internationally bestselling Department Q series. It is now a major movie, released in the UK in August 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is this happening?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Jussi Adler-Olsen:\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping storytelling' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'Engrossing' Sunday Express\u003cbr\u003e'As impressive as it is unnerving' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJussi Adler-Olsen has sold over 10 million books worldwide. He is the internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series (Disgrace, Redemption, Guilt and Buried) featuring Carl Mørck. The Keeper of Lost Causes was originally published in the UK as Mercy, and is now a major Danish language movie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56854874292489,"sku":"9781405919760","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/0845\/7481\/files\/9781405919760.jpg?v=1772537524","url":"https:\/\/scribe-sign.com\/products\/the-keeper-of-lost-causes-department-q-1","provider":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","version":"1.0","type":"link"}