A Conspiracy of Faith

Department Q, Book 3

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

The New York Times and internationally best-selling Danish crime writer Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with the third thriller in his exhilarating Department Q series.

Detective Carl Mørck has received a bottle that holds an old and decayed message written in blood. It's a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. After floating in the ocean for years before turning up, the bottle sat forgotten, unopened, on a police department windowsill, before the seal was cracked and the gruesome message, written in Danish, was analyzed. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren't they reported missing? Could they possibly still be alive?

Carl's investigation will force him to cross paths with a woman stuck in a desperate marriage: Her husband refuses to tell her where he goes, how long he will be away, what he does while he's gone - or even what he does for a living. Isolated after choosing him over family and friends, she waits for days on end, and when he returns she must endure his wants, his moods, his threats. But enough is enough. She will find out the truth, no matter the cost to him - or to herself.

In this heart-pounding thriller, Carl and his colleagues Assad and Rose must use every resource available to uncover the horrifying truth set adrift in that bottle all those years ago.

©2012 Jussi Adler-Olsen (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Great story

3rd installment in series. Great characters, some funny some quirky. I found this servers after looking for something similar to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Highly entertaining!

This is the second of this series I have listened to and it just gets better! Can't wait to start the next one.

Another winner from Adler-Olsen

If you were hooked by the first two books in the series, you won't want to miss this one. All the regulars are back and as the story progresses, you get to know the main characters a bit better. The story is compelling; good police work with a bit of intuition. I'm ready for number 4!

Amazing story

So well thought through. Lots of intriguing details. Also some teasers to keep a reader waiting for the next book

disturbing but thoroughly grabbing

1. There are some really sick puppies out there.
2. If Asad weren't there, Morck would have been killed and solved nothing.
3. It is truly sad that there are so many twisted "religious" people.
4. Eva's behavior at the end is doubtful.
5. It seems all those cold cases stacked on Morck's desk actually have a hot case hanging by a thread waiting for someone to catch on.
6. Fascinating, captivating, can't go to sleep for listening.

WHY OH WHY GRAEME MALCOLM??

Would you listen to A Conspiracy of Faith again? Why?

No, narration.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Assat....because he is the complete opposite of Carl!

Would you be willing to try another one of Graeme Malcolm’s performances?

Never

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, due to the narrator.

Any additional comments?

Steven Pacey was the perfect narrator for this series. He made them all better. From the good to the funny to the ugly!

Wow!

Very well written. A little confusing in the beginning, but once you get it in order it's excellent. I love that there is an ending. It didn't just stop like so many seem to.

Gripping

Well written with very developed characters. The story is interesting and you fall into it while listening. The readers are good

Great Police Work, Clever and Witty

Forgive me for being a bit redundant and repetitive with my reviews of the Dept Q series. Time won't permit me to give each book it's due...

Dept Q is an underfunded department specializing in cold cases. The government has given it top priority, but the police chief gives it litte thought. The department is manned by 3 misfits.

Carl Mork is the lead man, by far the best detective on the entire force, but he is also insubordinate, impossible to work with and impulsive. No one likes him or wants to work with him. So his chief puts him the newly formed Department Q.

Assad is a real mystery figure. He's Syrian, speaks poor English, (this was translated from Norwegian.), and no one seems to know how he came to be employed at all. They don't have a personnel file on him, no one has ever seen the family he speaks of, and no one seems to know where he lives.

Rose is another strange character. She works when she feels like it, is at least Morks equal with insubordination, she wears her emotions on her sleeve, and is just maybe a bit mentally ill.

Carl Mork , Rose and Assad have a charisma and synergy that makes you want see them go at it for years to come. They are smart, resourceful, mysterious, ruthless and hilarious.
I love the entire series.

What a great story!

What a great story! Headed to put it down even for a moment. Love how the characters continue to develop and I’m really enjoying coming to ’know’ them.