#98 in Crime & mystery
The Purity of Vengeance
- 482
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Purity of Vengeance” is a dark, absorbing Department Q case rooted in the sterilisation of so-called wayward girls in the 1950s. Chapters in the past follow Nete Hermansen’s plan to punish her abusers, while Carl Mørck, Assad and Rose reopen the disappearance of a brothel owner in the 1980s. Some readers praise its complex characters and find the ending satisfying. As the fourth volume, it is best read after the earlier cases.
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About the book
Q New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen returns as Detective Carl Mørck and his Department Q team delve into a cold case that turns into more than they may be able to handle... In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her—especially Curt Wad, a surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in the 1950s. More than twenty 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. And when Carl’s assistants, Assad and Rose, learn that numerous other people disappeared around the same weekend as Rita, Carl takes notice. Sifting through the evidence, they inch closer to Curt Wad, who is still committed to his twisted beliefs, and whose treatment of Nete only hints at his capacity for evil.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 55 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 55 | 100% |
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It has 482 pages — longer than 78% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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