Chestnut man

Future hit on Netflix! International bestseller from the creator of the cult TV series 'The Killing'. Publishing rights sold in 30 countries. The best book of the year according to the New York Times, Kirkus, Library Journal. The novel made it to the list of best books of the year according to BBC, Guardian, and Evening Standard. A very clever and atmospheric detective thriller in the best traditions of Jo Nesbø. No wonder Søren Sveistrup was offered to be the screenwriter for the film adaptation of Jo Nesbø's cult thriller 'The Snowman'. After creating the series 'The Killing', he gained a reputation as a true master of sharp plots. And his debut novel showed the world: a new thriller star has emerged in Scandinavia. Sveistrup received the prestigious Barry Award for this book. Copenhagen. The body of a brutally murdered girl is found. Hanging over it is a chestnut man - a doll made of chestnuts and matches, with cut-out eyes and a smiling mouth. Fingerprints of a girl who disappeared a year ago and was declared dead are found on the figurine. But the person who confessed to her murder is already in prison. And soon another body is found - and once again, a chestnut man with the fingerprints of the same dead girl smiles at the investigators...