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Glamour

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Inside Soap

«A tension-charged debut, sharing elements of his signature TV writing with incendiary twists»

Financial Times

«Søren Sveistrup, is clearly a master craftsman»

Telegraph

«Crime lovers, rejoice. This is a thrilling, fast-paced page-turner that promises to hook readers from the first page»

Eastern Daily Press

«Sveistrup keeps the reader gripped until the very end»

Dagbladenes Bureau

«I was completely blown away by this debut novel»

sidsesbogreol.dk

«Sveistrup sets new standards in crime»

bogfriisen.dk

«Nerve-racking, you're sitting on the edge of your seat, and by the time you've finished the book you've got no nails left»

Livetidukkehuset.dk

«Simply an unparalleled page-turner»

Ord fra en bibliofil

«Absolutely fantastic crime novel. The plot keeps you gripped, and you always end up wanting to read just one more page. Nerve-racking. Nail-biting. Thrilling. Hair-raising»

Krummeskrummelurer.dk

«The ingredients in this stew are familiar to everyone who reads crime novels. Sveistrup's great skill becomes apparent in the solid, complex plot, as well as in the pacing and impact that drives the reader onward page after page. The Chestnut Man is a demonstration of how a novel of this type should be sewn together. The result is incredibly thrilling!»

Dagbladet

«While other writers come across as formulaic, Sveistrup's plot develops naturally, and he finds space amid the child abuse and harassment for enough injections of humanity that The Chestnut Man never turns into violence porn, a stumbling block for several of his Danish colleagues. The key is Thulin and Hess, the most promising pair of investigators in Nordic crime since Saga and Martin first met over a corpse on a bridge in 2011»

A-magsinet

«The Chestnut Man is an intensely gripping first novel that feels anything but debut-like. Seasoned crime fans with feel as though they're in very safe hands ... [Sveistrup] throws his hat into the ring with extreme professionalism and a talent for deploying his special tricks in precisely calibrated doses.»

Børsen

«Praise for The Killing »

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«Excellent . . . A shrewd mix of police procedural, political thriller and domestic drama»

New York Times

«TV of the absolute finest quality . . . the writing shines»

Guardian

«Superbly written and carries you along at breakneck speed. If you liked The Killing, you are going to love this»

My Weekly

«The action surges along in swinging the spotlight of suspicion around without ever letting the reader feel confident they have the right culprit, and the denouement is intense and very gory»

Strong Words

«Best books to read this Spring»

Marie Claire

«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 Observer

«Chilling psychological drama»

Mail Online

«This one will have your heart in your mouth»

Digital Spy

«Creepy, clever and packed with tension»

The Sun

«***** The Chestnut Man has success written all over it. You will never want to play with conkers again»

Daily Express

«A debut thriller from the creator of The Killing opens with a gruesome discovery in a Copenhagen suburb»

Guardian Books of 2019

«BBC Top Fiction Picks of 2019»

BBC.co.uk

«Not all good scriptwriters can produce a detective story designed to be read rather than watched on TV. But Søren Sveistrup, the man responsible for The Killing, proves . . . that it can be done . . . The characters, the plot with its deep, eerie undercurrent of the unknown, and the intense, compelling manipulation of suspense are qualities reminiscent of The Killing»

Marie Louise Toksvig

«A powerful portrait of two intriguing detectives who are here to stay . . .»

Vildmedkrimi.dk

«Simply so well written, well constructed and suspenseful. I've read a lot of fantastic crime novels, but this is far and away the best I've read in a long time. . . . insanely suspenseful and gripping»

RandiGlensbo.dk