The chestnut man : a novel

Summary: A Best Book of the Year: Kirkus, Library Journal, New York Times Book Review A Book of the Month Club selection An Indie Next Pick FROM THE CREATOR OF THE HIT TELEVISION SHOW THE KILLING, "a full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson" (A.J. Finn)-SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES. IF YOU FIND ONE, HE'S ALREADY FOUND YOU 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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