A psychopath with a distinctive calling card is terrorizing Copenhagen in this tense, debut Crime Thriller from Soren Sveistrup. He had a personal vendetta against Rosa, whose parents had taken him in as a child. He blamed her, despite her having been a child at that time, for his being taken away from them, with the next home that he was sent to turning out to be an abusive one. Two vastly different detectives must work together to solve the clues because this psychopathic killer is only just getting started…

This story contains all the hallmarks of a terrific Scandinavian noir. The crimes are gruesome, the detectives are all flawed, and the setting is dark and gloomy. It could not be more quintessential of the genre.

The audio (which I did parts of it) was excellent. I felt like I was there, experiencing the cold dark days. I liked both detectives and I wanted to learn more about them. I do think that they needed to interact a lot more than they did. T he Chestnut Man has success written all over it. You will never want to play with conkers again Daily Express

The Chestnut Man': The Latest Danish Netflix Obsession Is Like Watching a Bestselling Mystery Novel". indiewire.com. 1 October 2021 . Retrieved 11 October 2021. The chestnut man had a very strong philosophy that mothers who fail to protect and care for their children must be killed as innocent children must not suffer. The Hartungs When forensic evidence connects the chestnut men, via a fingerprint, to the missing daughter of a government minister, things really begin to heat up.The chapters are short and snappy and I just didn’t want to put the book down. It felt a little daunting at first as it is a big book, but believe me, I flew through it, I just didn’t want to stop reading.