Aunque estamos de viaje, os dejamos esta entra-
da para que no nos echéis mucho de menos.
"Expediente 64" es la cuarta entrega de la exitosa serie dedicada al Departamento Q. En ella, el detective Carl Mørck volverá a aliarse con su misterioso ayudante, Assad, y su desequilibrada pero brillante secretaria, Rose, para tratar de resolver otro de los casos cerrados que han acabado en sus oficinas. Varias desapariciones ocurridas en los años 80 les hacen ponerse en marcha.
Sus investigaciones les conducen hasta Nete Hermansen, una mujer
que ha hecho todo lo posible por ocultar su trágico pasado hasta que éste le vuelve a dar alcance.
Mientras Carl se enfrenta a varios problemas personales, además de a los secretos de sus colaboradores Assad y
Rose, deberá indagar en la historia de Curt Wad, líder de un partido político de
extrema derecha danés que defiende una siniestra ideología racista.
En el epílogo, Olsen nos cuenta que lamentablemente, nunca se les hizo justicia, así que podríamos decir que él decidió darles voz a través de su novela.
El autor nos presenta una historia en la que es difícil decidir quién es el malo, si la persona responsable de las desapariciones o quienes nunca respondieron ante la justicia de sus crímenes y abusos. A diferencia de lo que sucedía en la segunda novela de la serie ("Los chicos que cayeron en la trampa", reseñada *aquí*), en esta nueva entrega consigue sobradamente que el lector empatice con un personaje que aprendió por las malas que la única justicia que tendría seria la que se tomara por su mano.
¿El resultado? Una novela que devoraréis en pocos días, igual que he hecho yo, con un giro en el desenlace totalmente inesperado.
How are you doing? Well, though we're currently away for Carnival, we scheduled this post before we left in the hope that you won't be missing us.
'The Purity of Vengeance' is the fourth book in Olsen's bestselling Department Q series, where Detective Carl Mørck will once again join forces with his mysterious assistant, Assad, and their unbalanced but brilliant department secretary, Rose, to solve yet another cold case that lands in their office. This time they have several disappearances that took place in the 80s to occupy their hands with.
The investigation leads them to Nete Hermansen, a woman with a tragic past she fought to keep secret until it came back to haunt her with a vengeance.
In the meantime, Detective Superindent Mørck has some ghosts from the past to fight, as well as having to deal with the secrets both his colleagues Assad and Rose keep. As they sift through the disappearances, they get closer and closer to Curt Wad, the leader of a race-based political party on the rise in Denmark.
Another great book from the Dept. Q series written by this talented Danish author, who introduces the reader to one of the darkest episodes in Denmark's history. Right up to the 1960s, the state sent countless women to the little island of Sprogø, where they were brutalized and finally sterilized, often without their consent and against their will. These women were considered 'undesirable for society', i.e, women with mental problems -real or alledged-, wayward girls or anyone who didn't fulfill the strict moral code that was the norm back then.
The book concludes with a note from the author, who regrets the fact that nobody was ever punished for those atrocities, so this crime novel can be seen as his attempt to give those women a voice.
Olsen masterfully tells a story in which it's very hard to decide who the villain is. Is it the person behind the strange disappearances or those who were never brought to justice for their crimes? Unlike 'Disgrace' (Book 2 in the Dept. Q series, reviewed *here*), readers can really relate and side with a character who learnt the hard way that taking justice into her own hands was the only way she would ever see justice done.
The result? A novel you won't be able to put down that you will read in no time, like I did, with the extra bonus of a conclusion to the case that you won't see coming.
'The Purity of Vengeance' is the fourth book in Olsen's bestselling Department Q series, where Detective Carl Mørck will once again join forces with his mysterious assistant, Assad, and their unbalanced but brilliant department secretary, Rose, to solve yet another cold case that lands in their office. This time they have several disappearances that took place in the 80s to occupy their hands with.
The investigation leads them to Nete Hermansen, a woman with a tragic past she fought to keep secret until it came back to haunt her with a vengeance.
In the meantime, Detective Superindent Mørck has some ghosts from the past to fight, as well as having to deal with the secrets both his colleagues Assad and Rose keep. As they sift through the disappearances, they get closer and closer to Curt Wad, the leader of a race-based political party on the rise in Denmark.
Another great book from the Dept. Q series written by this talented Danish author, who introduces the reader to one of the darkest episodes in Denmark's history. Right up to the 1960s, the state sent countless women to the little island of Sprogø, where they were brutalized and finally sterilized, often without their consent and against their will. These women were considered 'undesirable for society', i.e, women with mental problems -real or alledged-, wayward girls or anyone who didn't fulfill the strict moral code that was the norm back then.
The book concludes with a note from the author, who regrets the fact that nobody was ever punished for those atrocities, so this crime novel can be seen as his attempt to give those women a voice.
Olsen masterfully tells a story in which it's very hard to decide who the villain is. Is it the person behind the strange disappearances or those who were never brought to justice for their crimes? Unlike 'Disgrace' (Book 2 in the Dept. Q series, reviewed *here*), readers can really relate and side with a character who learnt the hard way that taking justice into her own hands was the only way she would ever see justice done.
The result? A novel you won't be able to put down that you will read in no time, like I did, with the extra bonus of a conclusion to the case that you won't see coming.
Este no lo he leído aunque me suena! besos
ResponderEliminarHola!!!
ResponderEliminarEstos no los tenía controlados.... con lo que megusta a mi este tipo de novela.... me los apunto para que sean mis futuras víctimas.
Un besito y gracias por el post
@Aydita: Te lo recomiendo. Casi todos los de este autor que he leído me han encantado.
ResponderEliminar@brujamr: Si te gustan este tipo de libros, seguro que te encantarán los de Jussi Adler Olsen.
Gracias por vuestros comentarios.