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By Søren Sveistrup Translated from the Danish by Caroline Waight Published by Michael Joseph Synopsis: One blustery October morning in a quiet suburb of Copenhagen, the police make a terrible discovery. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts.  Ambitious young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner, Mark Hess, is a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol. They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man - evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and is presumed dead - the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung.  The man who confessed to her murder is behind bars and the case is long since closed.  Soon afterwards, another woman is found murdered, along with another chestnut man. Thulin and Hess suspect that there's a connection between the Hartung case, the murdered women and a killer...

Welcome to The Chestnut Man blog tour! I have been trying to think of a clever introduction to Søren Sveistrup ’s debut novel but I am too star-struck to think straight. So, here’s how things are: Søren Sveistrup is the scriptwriter of the awesome Danish TV series The Killing . Søren Sveistrup ’s debut novel, The Chestnut Man , is coming out in the UK on January 10th. I loved The Killing and I am loving The Chestnut Man . Why haven’t I finished the book already? Because I am a chicken and I can only read it during daylight hours if I am not alone in the house. How on earth am I going to fulfil my blogging duties today? I was hoping you’d ask! I have a surprise for your today! Two, in fact, so you’ll have to read to the end! First of all, I am over the moon to introduce you to Caroline Waight, the skilled linguist who has translated the novel from Danish into English, thus allowing us avid readers to enjoy this awesome book. Hi Caroline! Thank you for joining me ...