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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, read by Charlotte Melén.

The debut novel from the creator and writer of The Killing

The police make a terrible discovery in a suburb of Copenhagen. A young woman has been killed and dumped at a playground. One of her hands has been cut off, and above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts.

Young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner is Mark Hess, a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol's headquarters in The Hague. 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. A man confessed to her murder, and the case is long since solved.

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 who is spreading fear throughout the country. But what is it?

Thulin and Hess are racing against the clock, because it's clear that the murderer is on a mission that is far from over...

©2018 Søren Sveistrup (P)2018 Penguin Audio Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Domestic Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller & Suspense Espionage Murder Thriller Women's Fiction Exciting Suspense
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At it's heart there is a good story but I didn't love the writing style. The narration was good.

Good but long winded

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I thought about this for a while before spending my credit on it. It was an intresting read and like one of the reviewers suggested I think you should listen to the fill sample before buying it. Overall worth it.

An intriguing read

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This book is held back by the voice artist; monotone and full, her Scandi/Swedish doesn’t do it any favours, and her way of making her voice when deeper whenever she reads the part of a male character who’s angry etc is bordering on ridiculous. I tried to get used to her voice but just found it really off putting. Of course, her pronunciation of Danish names and words is perfect (or at least seems to be) but that dull, unwavering monotone drawl just really ruined the book - I can’t see how they thought she’d be a good choice.

Story wise it’s a good book, although with a few disappointments in the plot along the way. Bit gruesome in places but that’s part of the concept anyway.

Wrong choice of voice artist.

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Great story, but where on earth did they find the narrator? This is the second dreadful narrator I've had in 3 months of audible, the last was The Wife Between Us, but even she wasn't as bad as this one! Read this book, don't listen to it. A bit of a waste of a credit. I'll stick with Richard Armitage, Emily Watson and Hugh Bonneville in future. They're always wonderful. Honestly audible, I'm considering contacting customer services over this one as it's incredibly difficult to listen to, the narrator is appalling.

Robotic narrator, such a pity

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The story had promise but I could not listen to it due to the poor narration , robotic and lacking emphasis on characters

The chestnut man

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