The Chestnut Man

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Pero fuera de esa coyuntura, el resto de la narración funciona como un guante, incluidos los personajes y los diálogos, muy bien embutidos a lo largo de sus 130 capítulos. Mención aparte merecen los protagonistas, Thulin y Hess, que empiezan titubeantes y como si fueran ajenos a lo que acontece y acaban siendo el plato fuerte de toda la novela. Y me han quedado ganas de más entregas. De momento no hay más noticias sobre este autor.

MY THOUGHTS: I once tried roasted chestnuts, and must say I didn't like them. I did, however, like The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup. A debut thriller from the creator of The Killing opens with a gruesome discovery in a Copenhagen suburb Guardian Books of 2019 I loved Hess's character: quirky and thinks outside the box (as per usual, no-one will listen). More could have been made of him. When the weather turns cold and the days dark, is there anything more satisfying than cozying up with a dark crime thriller? I think not.The story follows two main characters, detective Naia Thulin and investigator Mark Hess who work on the case together. The murders they have to deal with are not easy on the stomach because the killer likes to do amputations while the victims are still alive. On the crime scenes, there is always one little chestnut man, as a mark of a killer. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

This story contains all the hallmarks of a terrific Scandinavian noir. The crimes are gruesome, the detectives are all flawed, and the setting is dark and gloomy. It could not be more quintessential of the genre. Laura’s boyfriend was a paedophile and recorded her son, Magnus, in an underground cellar hidden in the garage. Anne’s husband physically abused their daughters. Probably, both mothers knew about the children’s abuse yet neglected it. Sveistrup obtained a Master in Literature and in History from the University of Copenhagen and studied at the Danish Film School. He has won countless prizes, including an Emmy for Nikolaj and Julie and a BAFTA for The Killing. Please don't think me a curmudgeon for not swooning over this much-vaunted Scandi crime thriller; I like to think that I'm usually fulsome with my praise. It might be worth pointing out that after reading seventeen books so far this year, my rating average is an indulgent 4.5So that mixture of an artful veneer and an oversimplified brutal mystery underneath turns out to be its biggest hook, as well as the thing that keeps the series from being something more. Even the finale, one that some viewers with a passing knowledge of Danish film and TV might be able to sniff out a little sooner, is short on catharsis mainly because the ending plays out like an obligation. For a story concerned with mangled corpses, haunting blood pools, and a weaponization of a childhood arts and crafts project, there’s a neatness to it all that feels oddly storybook. 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. 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.

Unlike Stephen Holder( thanks to US version series introduced us Joel Kinnaman, now he is in every show including Hanna, For All Mankind, Altered Carbon) / or Lennart Brix (Danish character), Hess, stronger and more complex, introvert hero, has troubled past, his new position is a test and last chance for him to prove his ability to work on a case, being a part of a team. He is not a drug addict or divorced like Lennart/Stephen but his past demons and a heart wrenching tragedy he’d endured justifies his changing moods and antisocial manners.

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A similar pattern was observed with a single mother Jessie Kivum so they decide to lay a trap for the chestnut man. He outsmarts them and Jessie is found dead near a cottage. Rosa Hartung had been very vocal about child abuse and negligence during her political career. Due to her firm policies, many parents lost custody of their children and held Rosa responsible.