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The second book featuring Department Q which handles cold cases. Carl Morck and his assistant Assad are assigned a secretary Rose bringing the department up to three people. A case file for s seemingly closed case involving the murder of two siblings shows up on Carl's desk. He begins investigating and learns the murders may connect to several influential people. This book is different from the first book in the series in that from the beginning the reader knows who the criminals are. The book i
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Let's not compare Jussi Adler-Olsen with Stieg Larsen. His prose, characters and style are completely different.
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Enough with the abnormal psychology, already! The detective and his mismatched assistants are interesting, but I can't say the extended passages detailing the depredations of the sickos they are up against did much for me. I didn't really learn anything, didn't particularly enjoy it... oh, except the narrator for the audiobook was rather good. That's pretty much why I finished it, I think.
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The main protagonist takes a backseat to a female perpetrator in this one. Compared to Larsson's female protagonist, this young lady can hold her own.
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Dec 27, 2014
Terri
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Nov 17, 2015
Cheryl Scaccio
marked it as to-read
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