Detective Hess had discovered that the foster son who was potentially involved in a historic 1987 family killing may have grown up to become the Chestnut Man. His name was Toke Bering, and a school reunion photo confirmed this to be Genz (who changed his identity at the age of 18). The mother of the little girl that went missing is politician Rosa Hartung, Minister for Social Affairs who has just returned to work after being given time off to grieve. Upon her return, she suddenly begins being threatened by an anonymous person. Hess theorized that the chestnut man has no arms and legs, and thus in the upcoming murders, he would be amputating the victim’s hands and leg. Hence, they needed to act fast. With the help of a children’s doctor, Hess recovered an anonymous report filed to social services regarding Laura Kjaer. She was accused of being a “selfish mother” who was ignorant of her children’s well-being. A similar report was found against Anne Sejer Lassen for being an ignorant mother. A ver cómo lo explico. Por una parte, tanto la trama como el desarrollo de la novela me ha parecido fascinante. Creo que está muy bien pensada y construida. Sinceramente, creo que es de esas novelas que no puedes parar de leer, y a pesar de que corta no es, casi te la puedes terminar en dos laaaargas sentadas. Su estructura es tan buena que te tragas lo que el autor te cuenta casi sin pestañear……. Pero.

Hess looks through old archive footage from Kristine Hartung's murder scene, where he discovers another chestnut man. Rosa Hartung changes her stance on Steen and decides to support him. Thulin and Hess question Linus Bekker again after footage from the murder scene shows him being present when he claimed he was dumping Kristine's body. Fractures start to show in Bekker's alibi, and he reveals he knows who the killer is but refuses to tell them. Nylander allows them to question Rosa Hartung, and they ask to look into old relocation cases of children she dealt with during her tenure. Too late, they discover that Hartung's driver, Jacob Rasouli, and his girlfriend, Benedikte Skans, have kidnapped Gustav Hartung. Both of them had been relocated to foster homes and acted in revenge against Hartung. Their van is eventually found, but both are already dead, while Gustav is alive. Hess suspects that Skans didn't kill herself and Rasouli in a murder-suicide. Thulin discovers severed body parts in a fridge belonging to Rasouli and Skans, whereupon Nylander closes the case.

The Chestnut Man, Netflix, review: Gripping and gruesome – exactly what you expect from The Killing creators". iNews UK. 29 September 2021 . Retrieved 23 October 2021. Both detectives have dark pasts although we don't get to know the entire story about either one of them. I'm hoping that there is another book about these two down the line because I want to know more about them. The work they do is very methodical and even tedious, such a mix of horror and brutality, intertersperced with countless red herrings within the story, via the killer, but also from the author. Just when you think you have a handle on things, everything goes lopsided. There is a sense of the need for things to be solved now, before more women are killed, mixed in with a sense of the tedium of such a job. Two vastly different detectives must work together to solve the clues because this psychopathic killer is only just getting started… Another woman, Anne Sejer Lassen, was found dead with her left and right hand amputated in the woods near her house. Kristine’s fingerprints on the chestnut man figure procured from both crime scenes were the only link between the killings.

Joining her is Mark Hess, a somewhat awkward, bespectacled Europol detective, on a temporary reassignment, who brings a different perspective on the case despite being forced upon her as her new investigative partner. Sveistrup writes with the kind of confidence that I can only presume must come from creating one of modern crime television’s most iconic shows—his confidence is not only well-earned, but also beautifully utilized in his debut novel. THE CHESTNUT MAN is a bold, brash, big thriller; a crime novel bound to become a Nordic Noir classic. If you are one of the millions who enjoyed the Scandinavian crime series The Killing, you'll want to read the first novel by its creator. . . this will undoubtedly make for a compelling television adaptation The ObserverI was all over the place with my suspicions as to whom might be "the chestnut man" as the killer was justly named by the media. We follow along with the team of detectives and they were just as much in the dark as I was as to who this twisted psychopath was. As in The Killing television series, Sveistrup offers lessons to seasoned practitioners of the serial-killer whodunit in how to inject new energy into this near-exhausted sub-genre , and a reminder (via his portrayal of the families, homes and workplaces that his cops visit) that crime writing has the potential to be eye-opening, panoramic social realism Sunday Times The second concrete evidence came to light when Hess discovered that Linus was present at the crime scene when he told the police that he was driving up north with Kristine’s body. Thulin revealed that Linus didn’t confess until Tim Jansen confronted him with the machete. During the interrogation, Linus explained that he was a diagnosed schizophrenic and altered reality and facts due to his condition. Probably, in a hurry to close the case, Jansen influenced Linus to confess to killing Kristine. However, for some reason, Linus Bekker knew about the chestnut man and felt honored to be part of his crimes. Netflix The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup is a dark & gritty thriller and an excellent debut from the creator of the hit television show The Killing. With a brilliant storyline, tense atmosphere and some great characters, this is one of the best crime novels I have read in a long time. The Chestnut Man': The Latest Danish Netflix Obsession Is Like Watching a Bestselling Mystery Novel". indiewire.com. 1 October 2021 . Retrieved 11 October 2021.