Simone Buchholz

The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz

19 April, 2023

Translated by Rachel Ward — Unlike Erdinger or St Pauli Girl, German crime fiction doesn’t always travel as well as the country’s beers. However, the Chastity Riley series by Simone Buchholz has been something to behold. Beginning with Blue Night, Orenda Books has translated and…

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Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 February, 2021

Translated by Rachel Ward — German crime fiction is a hit with our readers at the moment. We know this because thousands of readers have been checking in over the last month to read about the television series The Nordic Murders, plus our feature on…

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Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz

By Vicki Weisfeld

22 March, 2020

Translated by Rachel Ward — German crime author Simone Buchholz has won numerous awards for her noir thrillers. Her most recent book, an energetic police procedural, is newly translated into English and won the German Crime Fiction Prize in 2019. Like Buchholz’s previous two novels,…

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Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2023

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 December, 2023

It’s been an interesting year for crime fiction trends. We’ve had it all, whether it’s the closed circle mystery novels with hen parties set a remote islands or mountain tops, the return to the gothic crime mystery a la Daphne Du Maurier, or crime fiction…

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Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

11 October, 2023

Back in 2020, we nearly blew up our servers by posting a preview of Nordic Murders when its first season was broadcast in the UK by Channel 4. The article remains one of our most popular to this day. What is it about this German…

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On the Radar: From Norway with scales

By crimefictionlover

4 March, 2022

Just as COVID restrictions have eased we’ve now got the heightened worry that every living thing on the planet could soon be vaporised in a nuclear cataclysm… but at least there’s our weekly newsletter to distract you. And anyway, as crime fiction lovers, we’re used…

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Best crime novel in translation 2021 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

23 November, 2021

In our first ever – and hopefully annual – Crime Fiction Lover Awards, we bring you our shortlist for the Best Crime Novel in Translation for 2021. Have you read any of them? Which one is best? Have your say by voting via our online…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2021: The shortlists

By crimefictionlover

17 November, 2021

First of all, thank you to everyone who made nominations for our first ever Crime Fiction Lover Awards. Your participation is one of the things that makes these awards unique and exciting. Now, let’s get down to business! We had a huge response during the…

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The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz

Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz

Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2023

Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

On the Radar: From Norway with scales

Best crime novel in translation 2021 shortlist

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2021: The shortlists

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