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In *The Purity of Vengeance*, Department Q detective Carl finds himself drawn into a complex cold case that spans decades. An old murder of a brothel owner in the 1980s triggers new evidence linking the victim to a 1950s Danish sterilization program. The perpetrator, surgeon Curt Wad, once promised protection to young girls but betrayed them instead. His past actions set a chain of disappearances in motion, including that of a woman named Rita. As Carl and his assistants Assad and Rose investigate, they uncover a pattern of vanished persons around the same time. The case forces Carl to confront the brutal legacy of Wad’s abuse and the revenge plot of Nete Hermansen, who seeks retribution against those who abused her in childhood.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Jussi Adler-Olsen
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