Review - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup

Title: The Chestnut Man
Author: Soren Sveistrup
Translator: Caroline Waight
Pages: 514
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Thriller
Source: Personal copy - Book of the Month
Format: Hardcover

Summary (back of the book)
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.

Review
I really flew through this book. I actually read this back in October - I was in a super reading slump and this completely turned it around.

This book really focuses on the detectives involved in the case - a little more than I expected. Not a bad thing, but I remember choosing this because it was October and I thought it would have a spooky vibe to it. It was unsettling, but definitely a detective story.

I thought the characters were written with a lot of depth. The setting was an interesting one for me - I can’t think of many books I’ve read set in Copenhagen. I really loved everything about this book.

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