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Flaskepost fra P (Afdeling Q #3)
Oppe i Skotlands yderste ende, på politistationen i Wick, havde en flaske stået gemt hen i ganske lang tid. Da den gamle flaskepost med et skræmmende indhold ad omveje lander i Afdeling Q's kælderlokaler på politigården, bliver Carl Mørck og hans assistent Assad draget ind i en uhyggelig sag om forsvundne søskendepar, som aldrig er blevt meldt savnet af deres forældre.
Paperback, 494 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Politikens forlag
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Ok, if you're looking for the 4th in this series...you'll have to wait until end December of this year. And, if you're totally confused as to the actual title of the 4th: look for The Purity of Vengeance. And, if you're looking for a terrible site, go to Penguin.com, where a search for their own author turns up...nothing.
The 3rd in the Department Q series does not disappoint. In fact, each installment in this series gets better and better and I've upped the star rating for this one a ...more
Ok, if you're looking for the 4th in this series...you'll have to wait until end December of this year. And, if you're totally confused as to the actual title of the 4th: look for The Purity of Vengeance. And, if you're looking for a terrible site, go to Penguin.com, where a search for their own author turns up...nothing.
The 3rd in the Department Q series does not disappoint. In fact, each installment in this series gets better and better and I've upped the star rating for this one a ...more
This felt like hard work...Maybe I'm missing something...
The book is over 600 pages long. I don't mind long books, however...The actual crime part is probably half of that. The rest seems to be utter nonsense about the various individuals employed by the police and those involved in Carl's life. These digressions into his personal life seem to have no point and certainly little or no relevance to the story overall...
I don't know if the Danish are racist as a nation, however this author certainl ...more
The book is over 600 pages long. I don't mind long books, however...The actual crime part is probably half of that. The rest seems to be utter nonsense about the various individuals employed by the police and those involved in Carl's life. These digressions into his personal life seem to have no point and certainly little or no relevance to the story overall...
I don't know if the Danish are racist as a nation, however this author certainl ...more
3-1/2 stars rounded up to 4.
Another solid entry in a series whose recurring characters are just as interesting and unusual as the storylines.
This book had one of the most diabolical and clever villains that I've ever come across in a realistic setting. Meaning, the crimes he committed are things that could actually happen. This wasn't a superhuman that did fantastical things...which made him all the more chilling because of what he was capable of and how he carried out his atrocities. Cold, calc ...more
Another solid entry in a series whose recurring characters are just as interesting and unusual as the storylines.
This book had one of the most diabolical and clever villains that I've ever come across in a realistic setting. Meaning, the crimes he committed are things that could actually happen. This wasn't a superhuman that did fantastical things...which made him all the more chilling because of what he was capable of and how he carried out his atrocities. Cold, calc ...more
Wonderful mystery.
Carl Morck of Department Q, is once again given a cold case to research, and this one is tantalizing from the start. Based on a note in a bottle found in the waters off Scotland, then traced to events in Denmark, it's a chilling story of a serial killer-kidnapper who targets the families belonging to reclusive religious sects. He kidnaps two children, demands a ransom, then kills one of the children to maintain the silence of the family. Fantastic premise, the story is high-ten ...more
Carl Morck of Department Q, is once again given a cold case to research, and this one is tantalizing from the start. Based on a note in a bottle found in the waters off Scotland, then traced to events in Denmark, it's a chilling story of a serial killer-kidnapper who targets the families belonging to reclusive religious sects. He kidnaps two children, demands a ransom, then kills one of the children to maintain the silence of the family. Fantastic premise, the story is high-ten ...more
Nov 28, 2012
Jean-Paul Adriaansen
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it was amazing
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What a great combination of action, suspense, and humor. Jussi Adler-Olsen is a master in the art of writing police novels. This book is even better than The Keeper of Lost Causes .
An old message in a bottle puts Department Q in full swing. While Carl Morck has to deal with personal issues (ex-wife, friends, and his dream woman Mona), his work at the office gets "kind-a-complicated." Assad and a new assistant are overly eager to solve the case and health-inspectors are threatening to close his ...more
An old message in a bottle puts Department Q in full swing. While Carl Morck has to deal with personal issues (ex-wife, friends, and his dream woman Mona), his work at the office gets "kind-a-complicated." Assad and a new assistant are overly eager to solve the case and health-inspectors are threatening to close his ...more
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I like Detective Carl Mørck, despite a couple of his unlovable characteristics—he is quite a prejudiced guy, not really giving his assistants, Assad and Rose, much credit. He is also a gold-bricker, trying his very best to sleep through his final years in the cold case division before retirement. Despite his intentions, the case of this mysterious letter, written in blood and pleading for help, eventually galvanizes him into action and even into danger. It takes a lot of prodding on his assistan
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Mar 28, 2015
Andy
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it was amazing
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Recommends it for:
Nordic Noir Fans & All Crime/Mystery fans in general
Back in bed with the Q Department! My fav Nordic Noir of late.
New additions to the “gang” are Rose’s "twin" & also Hardy has moved in with the “family” after much humming & harring in the previous read. All add to Carl’s demeanour & obvious stress levels which does entertain as much as his colleagues exasperation at his criticisms of them all. Dysfunctional at Home & at work is the appeal to this series for me as well as a darn fine mystery every time which runs concurrent with d ...more
New additions to the “gang” are Rose’s "twin" & also Hardy has moved in with the “family” after much humming & harring in the previous read. All add to Carl’s demeanour & obvious stress levels which does entertain as much as his colleagues exasperation at his criticisms of them all. Dysfunctional at Home & at work is the appeal to this series for me as well as a darn fine mystery every time which runs concurrent with d ...more
Sep 13, 2014
Franco Santos
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it was ok
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Deja que se pronuncie sobre la vida quien está ante la muerte; quien sabe que va a ocurrir enseguida; quien ve cómo se le echa encima el momento en que todo se desvanece.Definitivamente esta serie no es para mí. Dudo continuarla.
El mensaje que llegó en una botella, en mi opinión, es un libro malo. ¿Por qué digo esto? Porque tiene muchas subtramas aburridas que no afectan en nada a la trama principal, el detective (Carl Mørck) es un personaje insufrible que nunca logró captar mi interés, es pe ...more
Denmark's Department Q, responsible for special and cold police cases, is in a state of chaos! Asbestos particles and flies are floating around in the basement offices where Carl Mørck heads the Q department, Rose Knudsen is gone temporarily in a huff and instead her even more annoying sister Ysra has come to help in her place as secretary, and Hafez el-Assad has unexpectedly discovered a clue on deadly arson cases which the rest of the police force was fruitlessly working but had not got very f
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Carl Morck, head of Department Q, is back at the closed files again. Along with his eccentric sidekick Assad, and his more eccentric secretary, Rose, they try to solve the crime of a serial killer who targets children who come from families of unusual and small religious sects. The killer tells the parents that he wants one million kroner in ransom and if the police are called or anyone is told of the crime, the other children in the family will be killed.
The characterizations in Adler-Olsen's b ...more
The characterizations in Adler-Olsen's b ...more
4 stars!
This book was miiiiiiiles ahead of the second in the series, which was excruciating.
PROS:
-The religious aspect of the central crimes was fascinating.
-Carl continues to be an only-somewhat-lovable dbag, which is refreshing. No secret good qualities here, folks. Carl just sucks (#realistic), but you're on his side because he's ultimately on the good side.
CONS:
-WAY too many competing mysteries, some of which I will detail behind this spoiler curtain: (view spoiler) ...more
This book was miiiiiiiles ahead of the second in the series, which was excruciating.
PROS:
-The religious aspect of the central crimes was fascinating.
-Carl continues to be an only-somewhat-lovable dbag, which is refreshing. No secret good qualities here, folks. Carl just sucks (#realistic), but you're on his side because he's ultimately on the good side.
CONS:
-WAY too many competing mysteries, some of which I will detail behind this spoiler curtain: (view spoiler) ...more
The third book in this Scandi-crime series was one that I’d really been looking forward to reading. Needless to say, I wasn’t at all disappointed by its contents. Redemption had a gripping, fast-paced storyline and was well worth the wait; in my opinion is by far the strongest Department Q novel to date.
Grumpy Police Detective Carl Mørck comes across as pretty lazy the majority of the time. In fact, on most occasions it is actually his assistant Assad, who does most of the work in following up ...more
Grumpy Police Detective Carl Mørck comes across as pretty lazy the majority of the time. In fact, on most occasions it is actually his assistant Assad, who does most of the work in following up ...more
This was a phenomenal book. Adler-Olsen does a truly brilliant job of creating complex characters that puzzle me with their behavior. Inevitably he explains it really well and I'm kind of left amazed.
This book involves a man who is targeting people who are a part of very closed religious families. Is he a serial killer? A kidnapper? It takes awhile to get that answer and we get glimpses into his past as well as his present day life along the way. In the meantime, Carl Mørck and his assistant, As ...more
This book involves a man who is targeting people who are a part of very closed religious families. Is he a serial killer? A kidnapper? It takes awhile to get that answer and we get glimpses into his past as well as his present day life along the way. In the meantime, Carl Mørck and his assistant, As ...more
May 08, 2015
Charlene Intriago
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It's crime at its darkest - standard fare from most of the Scandinavian writers - and one I was going to give two stars to when I first started reading but only because of the nature of the crime. But, of course, as I got further into the book, I was hooked. Detective Carl Morck of Department Q works the old cases, the cold cases, the ones others have given up on, and this case is old. A bottle found by a fisherman who turned it into a policeman who sat it on a shelf for a number of years and th
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Δυστυχώς, αυτήν τη φορά ο Olsen δεν καταφέρνει να μας προσφέρει ένα ιδιαίτερο μυθιστόρημα όπως τα προηγούμενα δύο του. Από τη μία, φλυαρεί ασκόπως και πρέπει να περάσουν σχεδόν 200 σελίδες για να μπει στο θέμα. Από την άλλη πλευρά, η ιστορία που αφηγείται μοιάζει παρατραβηγμένη και υπερβολική, χάνοντας τη ζωντάνια και την αληθοφάνειά της. Γενικά, μου άφησε μια πολύ χαλαρή αίσθηση και σε καμία περίπτωση δεν με γέμισε σαν ιστορία ούτε με ιντρίγκαρε ιδιαίτερα η εξέλιξή της, χωρίς βέβαια να εννοώ ότ
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Много ми хареса книгата - типична скандинавска кримка, добре написана! Получих това, което очаквах на 100%! Имаше някои малки неща, които ме дразнеха и бяха абсолютно излишни в романа - като ронещият се азбест от тръбите на подземието, където се помещаваха служителите от отдел Q или "Студени досиета" и свързаните с него неприятности с службата по трудова медицина; някакви протяжни описания на мухи-месарки /бляк/ , както и една служителка, страдаща от раздвоение на личността и мислеща се от време
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do sada najbolji Mørck - najljeniji detektiv Danske
bila bi i četvorka da humor sa policijske strane nije tako oštro suprostavljen manijakalnim negativcima iz noćnih mora, nekako baš i ne paše
bila bi i četvorka da humor sa policijske strane nije tako oštro suprostavljen manijakalnim negativcima iz noćnih mora, nekako baš i ne paše
«Άφησε το αίµα να στάξει πάνω στο λουστρινένιο παπούτσι του για ένα λεπτό, µπορεί και δύο. Ύστερα έσκισε ένα µεγάλο κοµµάτι χαρτί από τα στρωσίδια του, βούτηξε την ακίδα στο αίµα του... Όσο καλύτερα µπορούσε, µε µικρούτσικα γράµµατα, αποτύπωσε σε λέξεις όσα τους συνέβαιναν. Όταν τελείωσε, υπέγραψε το σηµείωµα µε το όνοµά του, τύλιξε το χαρτί και το έχωσε µέσα στο µπουκάλι. Τότε η πόρτα άνοιξε και µια βαριά σκιά εισέβαλε στο χώρο µέσα σε ένα σύννεφο πάλλευκου χιονιού. Σιωπή. Κι ύστερα, ο παφλασµ...more
"Majstorski zaplet vredan divljenja", stoji na korici.
Tjah.
Pomenuti zaplet je na nivou osrednje epizode Criminal Minds - nije neinteresantan i, ukoliko je poenta bila u tome da se prikaže jedan sasvim izopačen i beskrupulozan um čija su zverstva motivisana ah! nesrećnim detinjstvom provedenim pod tiranijom sumanutog oca religijskog fanatika, onda možda može da se nazove uspelim. Uzevši u obzir koliko je pomenuta tema neoriginalna i nebrojeno puta već viđena u raznim obradama, pošten čitalac bi o ...more
Tjah.
Pomenuti zaplet je na nivou osrednje epizode Criminal Minds - nije neinteresantan i, ukoliko je poenta bila u tome da se prikaže jedan sasvim izopačen i beskrupulozan um čija su zverstva motivisana ah! nesrećnim detinjstvom provedenim pod tiranijom sumanutog oca religijskog fanatika, onda možda može da se nazove uspelim. Uzevši u obzir koliko je pomenuta tema neoriginalna i nebrojeno puta već viđena u raznim obradama, pošten čitalac bi o ...more
Noodkreet in een fles, amai wat een prachtig geschreven boek, maar tevens ook een verschrikkelijk verhaal :-) die het leest zal het weten, ik vertel niks meer, zou niet tof zijn ;-)
denk dat ik mag zeggen dat dit de beste is van de eerste drie boeken van Jussi Adler-Olsen die ik nu reeds heb gelezen - heb in elk geval volop genoten, moest mij zelfs inhouden om niet stiekem naar achteren te bladeren voor het verder verloop, maar dat doe je niet hé ;-)
denk dat ik mag zeggen dat dit de beste is van de eerste drie boeken van Jussi Adler-Olsen die ik nu reeds heb gelezen - heb in elk geval volop genoten, moest mij zelfs inhouden om niet stiekem naar achteren te bladeren voor het verder verloop, maar dat doe je niet hé ;-)
I wouldn't exactly say that I had a rough start with this third Carl Mørck novel because it was easy to get into the story but somehow I was torn for quite a while between enjoying this book and being annoyed by several smaller things that bothered me.
The case itself was quite interesting right from the start with an old message in a bottle that was once written by an abducted child and after more than a decade found its way to Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. The boy is presumed to have been ...more
The case itself was quite interesting right from the start with an old message in a bottle that was once written by an abducted child and after more than a decade found its way to Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. The boy is presumed to have been ...more
התאכזבתי מאד מהספר הזה, השלישי בסדרת הבלש קארל מרק אשר תורגם לעברית.
חיכיתי זמן רב לתרגום הספר השלישי בסדרה, מכיוון שאהבתי מאד את הספר הראשון בסדרה, והתרשמתי מדמותו הסוציומטית של מרק והיחסים המיוחדים והעדינים שנרקמו בינו לבין עוזרו המהגר אסד (נחשו מאיזה מוצא הוא). לעומת זאת, הספר השני בסדרה היה שיעמומון רציני, ולא דומה לקודמו בשום צורה.
לכן חיכיתי לספר השלישי, אשר במידה רבה יכריע לאיזה כיוון הסדרה הזאת הולכת. ולצערי, מדובר בגלולת שינה שכתובה רע מאד. אם לא הייתי מרגישה כל כך מחויבת, בזכות הספר הר ...more
חיכיתי זמן רב לתרגום הספר השלישי בסדרה, מכיוון שאהבתי מאד את הספר הראשון בסדרה, והתרשמתי מדמותו הסוציומטית של מרק והיחסים המיוחדים והעדינים שנרקמו בינו לבין עוזרו המהגר אסד (נחשו מאיזה מוצא הוא). לעומת זאת, הספר השני בסדרה היה שיעמומון רציני, ולא דומה לקודמו בשום צורה.
לכן חיכיתי לספר השלישי, אשר במידה רבה יכריע לאיזה כיוון הסדרה הזאת הולכת. ולצערי, מדובר בגלולת שינה שכתובה רע מאד. אם לא הייתי מרגישה כל כך מחויבת, בזכות הספר הר ...more
A Conspiracy of Faith by the Danish mystery writer, Jussi Adler-Olsen is the third in his Department Q series centered on police headquarters in Copenhagen that I have read and immensely enjoyed. The lead detective remains Carl Morck, who is assisted by his somewhat eccentric sidekick, Hafez el-Assad (not to be confused with the former murdering dictator of Syria, who is the father of the current murdering dictator of Syria, Bashir el-Assad), and his administrative assistant, Rose/Yrsa Knudsen w
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Tý vogo! Uf. Znáte ten pocit, kdy je vám od čtení až skoro fyzicky špatně, jak je to napínavý? Tak tahle kriminálka vám to zaručí. Je to drsná jízda!
Jsem rád, že jsem našel, že na tom humbuku kolem severské detektivky může něco být. Anebo je možná Jussi Adler-Olsen výjimka. Každopádně, to co zažívam u čtení jeho knih, mě u jiných autorů zcela míjelo. Třeba o propracovanosti charakterů na téhle úrovni si Jo Nesbø může nechat jenom zdát.
Třetí díl série Carla Mørcka byl pro mne zatím nejlepší. S ka ...more
Jsem rád, že jsem našel, že na tom humbuku kolem severské detektivky může něco být. Anebo je možná Jussi Adler-Olsen výjimka. Každopádně, to co zažívam u čtení jeho knih, mě u jiných autorů zcela míjelo. Třeba o propracovanosti charakterů na téhle úrovni si Jo Nesbø může nechat jenom zdát.
Třetí díl série Carla Mørcka byl pro mne zatím nejlepší. S ka ...more
4.5 stars....loved it!
I just love Jussi Adler-Olsen. He is a Danish author who writes great suspense thrillers. He usually is a little dark, but in a 'creepy kind of good way'. I never know where his stories are going. I highly recommend his Department Q series to anyone who enjoys suspense thrillers. Just one word of caution though. I did the audio for the first book in this seriesThe Keeper of Lost Causes, and if you have a problem with really thick accents, then just read that one instead. It ...more
Three books in and this author is top equal on my favourite authors list! The other author being Mark Billingham and it is no coincidence that I like them both, as these two authors have a similar writing style. The down on his luck detective, the funny and irreverent side kicks, the unlucky in love aspect and the whole tone of the novels.
Redemption starts in Copenhagen, with two captive boys, awaiting their fate. One of the boys, using a twig and his own blood, writes an sos message and seals i ...more
Redemption starts in Copenhagen, with two captive boys, awaiting their fate. One of the boys, using a twig and his own blood, writes an sos message and seals i ...more
A message in a bottle washes up in Scotland and takes years to make its way back to Denmark, where it's determined to have originated. And despite being written 13 years earlier, it leads Carl and Assad to solve a crime currently being committed. Department Q is supposed to be dedicated to cold cases, but so far they've all been alive and kicking.
Between the killer, his unfortunate wife, Carl, his many coworkers and housemates, there's a lot going on in this book. A little too much at times, bu ...more
Between the killer, his unfortunate wife, Carl, his many coworkers and housemates, there's a lot going on in this book. A little too much at times, bu ...more
This is really somewhere around 3.5 stars, because there were parts that I liked a lot, but then there were parts that were pretty meh. The main plot is good, and interesting, but I wish there had been more focus on the victims; now they felt very superficial characters even though they were supposed to play a big role. The perp wasn't all that interesting in fact, which is weird because religious violence is usually an interesting subject. Mia's storyline was left hanging, I would have liked to
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I am completely hooked on this series about "Department Q" and it's motley cast of characters. This book was published under a different name, so don't be confused.
If you can, be sure to read this series in order. The plots begin in such a complex manner you think circumstances can not possibly be linked. But sure enough,in a very plausible way, they all do.
#1 - Keeper of Lost Causes. #2 - The Absent One #3 - A Conspiracy of Faith #4 - The Purity of Vengence #5 - The Marco Effect.
Captivating a ...more
If you can, be sure to read this series in order. The plots begin in such a complex manner you think circumstances can not possibly be linked. But sure enough,in a very plausible way, they all do.
#1 - Keeper of Lost Causes. #2 - The Absent One #3 - A Conspiracy of Faith #4 - The Purity of Vengence #5 - The Marco Effect.
Captivating a ...more
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Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who began to write novels in the 1990s after a comprehensive career as publisher, editor, film composer for the Valhalla cartoon and as a bookseller.
He made his debut with the thriller “Alfabethuset” (1997), which reached bestseller status both in Denmark and internationally just like his subsequent novels “And She Thanked the Gods” (prev. “The Company Basher”) ...more
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