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The Chestnut Man

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The Chestnut Man

Written by: Soren Sveistrup
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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International Bestseller • A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Barry Award for Best First Mystery/Crime Novel • Audie Awards® Winner

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“A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson” —A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

From Søren Sveistrup, creator of the hit television show, The Killing—a stylish and atmospheric thriller that follows the race to find a serial killer terrorizing Copenhagen.

A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen.

His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts—which he leaves at each bloody crime scene.

Examining the dolls, forensics makes a shocking discovery—a fingerprint belonging to a young girl, a government minister’s daughter who had been kidnapped and murdered a year ago.

A tragic coincidence—or something more twisted?

To save innocent lives, a pair of detectives must put aside their differences to piece together the Chestnut Man’s gruesome clues.

Because it’s clear that the madman is on a mission that is far from over.

And no one is safe.

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it's not disappointing as a Nordic Noir, but can be better. characters are well built, the story is well structured and so is the plot. but something is missing

great Nordic noir

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I was in a reading slump and this pulled me out if it- great narrator too

Great story

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It’s rare that I cannot guess who the villain is and this book seriously delivers Viv a fast based exciting storyline. Missed sleepover needing to finish it. Strongly recommend it, definitely worth your credit.

A great page turner!

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One of the best books I've read in the genre. Not predictable, and truly terrifying. Would highly recommend if you like serial killers and police procedurals.

Chilling, Dark

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I think the problem with this book is that it is 150pages longer than necessary. By chapter 100, I stopped caring what happened. The voice actor is ok except when he does the voice of Nylander coz that character seem to always yell, rising intonation all the time and was un

Started strong, went downhill

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