compelling ­characters and a believable political backdrop. Twelve years on from the show’s original broadcast, its creator and scriptwriter Søren Sveistrup returns with another slice of Nordic noir, only this time in the form of a debut novel. The game-changing, award-winning Danish TV series The Killing was a potent cocktail of criminal investigation, political intrigue and family drama. Again and again they find themselves spurred on by warped logic, loose links and forensic discrepancies. I found seasons 1 and 3 to be the most interesting while the story arc of season 2 was weaker, even though the production standards remained in the same high levels as in the other seasons. Ultimately, some of these more explicit, unsettling ­elements are problematic; it’s not that The Chestnut Man needs to come with a note-48warning, but rather that the note-49gruesome note-50images seem to be shoehorned into the story for no other reason than to titillate. Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019. conforms to genre ­expectations immediately. It starts, as all ­Scandinavian crime dramas ­seemingly must, with a grizzly ­discovery in countryside shrouded in darkness. 'I declare there is no enjoyment like reading!" There was a US ­version and English, crime-writer David Hewson even wrote a satisfying literary novelisation of a show. The plot is somewhat complex but easily understood thanks to Sveistrup’s straightforward narrative, which is given a very able boost by Caroline Waight’s translation ... an extremely intriguing mystery, but the character development is so fascinating that it almost puts the puzzle in the second chair. by Rosalind Harvey and Jessie Mendez Sayer, Søren Sveistrup, Trans. by Caroline Waight, The Washington Independent Review of Books, Brian Dillon on the perfect prose of Joan Didion’s photo captions, responding to readers' needs during the pandemic. The combination of crime thriller, domestic fiction and interesting characters draw you in and make this such a   sensationally sinister read. Disturbing and grisly at times, this book has so many twists and turns it makes you dizzy, and keeps you guessing. Harper; 9/3/18. The novel is at its most compelling when it focuses on them and their sleuthwork. Hello I'm Joan and this book is called The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup. The rape and murder of Nana Birk-Larssen in the first season was a story that captivated European and UK's audiences and is today considered as one of the cornerstones of SCF genre along with ''Broen'' and ''Borgen''.

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