‘A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline. Buckle up. You’ll gulp down every word. I loved this book’ A. J. Finn, author ofThe Woman In The WindowTHE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE CREATOR AND WRITER OF HIT TV SHOWTHE KILLINGOne blustery October morning in a quiet Copenhagen suburb, the police make a terrible discovery. A young woman is found brutally murdered with one of her hands 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 long since closed.Soon afterwards, a second woman is found murdered, along with another chestnut man. Thulin and Hess suspect that there’s a connection between the Hartung case and the murdered women. But what is it?Thulin and Hess are racing against the clock, because it’s clear that the killer is on a mission that is far from over . . .’As inThe Killingtelevision series, Sveistrup offers lessons to seasoned practitioners of the serial-killer whodunit in how to inject new energy into this near-exhausted subgenre, and a reminder (via his portrayal of the families, homes and workplaces that his cops visit) that crimewriting has the potential to be eye-opening, panoramic social realism’Sunday Times___________Praise forThe Killing’Soren Sveistrup, is clearlya master craftsman’Telegraph’TV of the absolute finest quality. . . the writing shines’Guardian’Excellent . . . A shrewd mix of police procedural, political thriller and domestic drama’New York Times’The most talked-about, boxset-friendlycultural landmarks of the 21st century to date’Independent