Pubblicato in Italia con il titolo L’uomo delle castagne. La scomparsa di una ragazzina, omicidi, e bambole di castagne. Che cosa hanno in comune tutte queste cose? Potete trovarli nel romanzo d’esordio di Soren Sveistrup, autore della serie tv The Killing, ora in libreria con un romanzo assolutamente da non perdere.
I do love a good Nordic noir and The Chestnut Man is certainly really good. The novel is set in Copenhagen where a number of gruesome homicides is keeping the police quite busy. Investigating the murders is detective Naia Thulin, a single mother who dreams to be transferred to the Cyber Crime Unit. Helping her, although much against both their wishes, it’s Mark Hess a detective from Europal who, following a disciplinary case, has been relegated to the Homicide Squad. Naia and Mark work against time to stop the killer before it’s too late, but they are always a step behind and they can’t figure out why, on each murder scene, they find a chestnut doll.
I really liked the characters of Naia and Mark. They are very well developed and I really hope that there will be more books featuring the two detectives. The setting of Copenhagen gives the novel a darker tone and the story is gripping, compelling and chilling. If you love Jo Nesbo’s books, you are going to love this novel, a debut (surprisingly!) that I couldn’t put down!
