Crime Fiction Lover

It’s time to visit the German city of Passau as German crime show Dark Rivers returns to Walter Presents. The second season brings with it three feature-length episodes as former police detective Frederike Bader (Marie Leuenberger) hides out in the city under witness protection, and…

It’s coming up to Christmas in Canberra, and young Tammy is not looking forward to the long summer holidays. She’s certain the time will drag, and even begs her teacher for a vacation project but instead is told to go and enjoy herself for a…

When The Lamplighters came out in 2021, it captivated readers with a tale full of mystery and a haunting atmosphere. Set in 1972 on the Cornish coast, the book explored the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers, and author Emma Stonex created a world readers felt…

When it’s all doom and gloom, it’s good to know that some crime novels – despite the subject matter – are written to raise a smile or two. So we get underway this week with a caper about old ladies icing their husbands, and another…

Kurt Wallander – Sweden’s number one fictional detective – is set to return to television screens around the world in three feature-length adaptations of Henning Mankell’s original novels. Described as a reimagining of the iconic detective, the new series will star Gustaf Skarsgård – previously Floki…

Kim Hays returns with Splintered Justice, the fourth book in her Polizei Bern series and we get to return to the seemingly serene yet sometimes shadowy Swiss city. In this latest instalment, detectives Giuliana Linder and Renzo Donatelli take on two cases that force them…