'A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline Buckle up You'll gulp down every word I loved this book' A J Finn, author of The Woman In The Window 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