The Chestnut Man: The gripping debut novel from the writer of The Killing

´A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline. Buckle up. You´ll gulp down every word. I loved this book´ A. J. Finn, author of The Woman In The Window THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE CREATOR AND WRITER OF HIT TV SHOW THE KILLING One blustery October morning in a quiet Copenhagen suburb, the police make a terrible discovery. A young woman is found brutally murdered with one of her hands missing. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Ambitious young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner, Mark Hess, is a burned-out investigator who´s just been kicked out of Europol. They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man - evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and is presumed dead; the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung. The man who confessed to her murder is behind bars and the case long since closed. Soon afterwards, a second woman is found murdered, along with another chestnut man. Thulin and Hess suspect that there´s a connection between the Hartung case and the murdered women. But what is it? Thulin and Hess are racing against the clock, because it´s clear that the killer is on a mission that is far from over . . . ´As in The Killing television series, Sveistrup offers lessons to seasoned practitioners of the serial-killer whodunit in how to inject new energy into this near-exhausted subgenre, and a reminder (via his portrayal of the families, homes and workplaces that his cops visit) that crimewriting has the potential to be eye-opening, panoramic social realism´ Sunday Times ___________ Praise for The Killing ´Soren Sveistrup, is clearly a master craftsman´ Telegraph ´TV of the absolute finest quality . . . the writing shines´ Guardian ´Excellent . . . A shrewd mix of police procedural, political thriller and domestic drama´ New York Times ´The most talked-about, boxset-friendly cultural landmarks of the 21st century to date´ Independent