Department Q consists of Danish Detective Carl Mørck and
his assistants, Assad and Rose, who work in the dreary
basement of police headquarters investigating cold cases.
While they are looking into new evidence that's been
uncovered relating to the disastrous case that ruined the
lives of Carl's previous partners and resulted in him being
demoted to Department Q, they're assigned another cold
case.
In 1987, a brothel owner named Rita went missing. Even
though Carl is hesitant about pursuing the case, Assad and
Rose start investigating the woman's strange disappearance.
When they discover that several other people vanished
without a trace the same weekend as Rita, Carl decides they
may be on to something significant. He has no idea that the
outcome could be his downfall.
Over 20 years ago, Nete Hermansen set in motion a devious
plan of revenge against the people she held responsible for
ruining her young life in the 1950s. Most prevalent among
them was renowned gynecologist Curt Wad, an arrogant and
malicious surgeon who founded a secret organization called
The Cause, as well as starting the Purity Party political
movement. Now elderly, Dr. Wad has made it his life's work,
along with others recruited to The Cause, to purify
Denmark's population by forcing abortions and sterilization
on girls and women considered abnormal or unacceptable. As
Carl and his assistants uncover more revelations about the
missing people and their connection to Wad, the more
determined the evil doctor is to keep his secrets hidden --
no matter what.
Deftly using flashbacks to Nete's life in 1950s and 1987
Denmark, Jussi Adler-Olsen weaves a chilling tale of
manipulative evil in THE PURITY OF VENGEANCE. Carl Mørck is
a shrewd detective dealing with his share of stress, not
only in his personal life, but also with his unusual
assistants and others on the police force. This fourth book
in the Department Q series is even more compelling and
complex than the previous three: THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES,
THE ABSENT ONE and A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH. I've reviewed all
of them and can't wait for the next installment.
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 20 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.
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