Kate’s 2¢: “The Chestnut Man” by Søren Sveistrup

“The Chestnut Man” by Søren Sveistrup

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

The prologue is supposed to lure you into the story; to start you salivating to read more. This prologue does the trick and from then on, the web of mystery is woven in and out of red herrings until the prologue makes perfect sense.

Being a romantic, I’m hoping that Hess returnes to marry the lead dectective to unite her daughter and the orphaned boy. Well, there’s a lead-in to the sequel.

From the web:

Søren Sveistrup is a writer and producer, known for Forbrydelsen (2007), The Snowman (2017) and Der kommer en dag (2016) and The Chestnut Man)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6925115

Sveistrup is an internationally acclaimed scriptwriter of the Danish television phenomenon The Killing which won various international awards and sold in more than a hundred countries. More recently, Sveistrup wrote the screenplay for Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The chestnut man DB97654

Sveistrup, Søren. Reading time: 15 hours, 11 minutes.

Read by Peter Noble.

Suspense Fiction

At each bloody crime scene a Copenhagen serial killer leaves a “chestnut man”–a doll made of matchsticks and chestnuts. Examining the dolls reveals fingerprints belonging to a government minister’s young daughter who had been kidnapped a year ago. Translated from the 2018 Danish. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

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