Mercy

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Mercy

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

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The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Mercy, Scandinavia’s new bestselling crime phenomenon.

Read by the actor Steven Pacey. At 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. Copenhagen detective Carl 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.

The 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: WHY is this happening?

Crime

Crime Fiction

Fiction

Genre Fiction

International Mystery & Crime

Literary Fiction

Mystery

Police Procedural

Psychological

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Exciting

Scandinavia

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Where does Mercy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the best. I'm going to listen to the other 4 or 5 in the series, so good to know you can have more of the characters you have gotten to know.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mercy?

Getting to know the characters and the unwinding of the story, how the seemingly unrelated separate stories come together, but the author doesn't treat you like a ninny, he knows that you know and you keep up together.

Which character – as performed by Steven Pacey – was your favourite?

Assad! Brilliant Steven! Made me laugh. I was even speaking to myself in 'Assad' by the time the book finished..

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Love the gritty irony of Carl and how things can't get any worse. Made me feel better about my own life...

Any additional comments?

Steven Pacey's narration made it feel as though there was a cast of 100's. His best and most 'natural' voice was that of the main character, it was easy to listen to, and then, Assad's character brought a bright ray of orange zest, although he too was a survivor and that made his character brilliant. The author kept the suspense up until the end. As this was the first book in the series, I decided to start with it, so I would understand how the characters first began. There was a lot of 'setting up the story' at the start, and I had to persist with that, but after the first third of the book, it warmed up and the characters came alive. I am now working my way through all 5 books.