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First look: Babylon Berlin the graphic novel

4 January, 2018

Did you watch Babylon Berlin on Sky last November? Or maybe, if you are in the US, you’ll catch it when it begins streaming on Netflix on 30 January. But did you know that the decadent German television programme – the most expensive non-English production…

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Alive in Shape and Color – Edited by Lawrence Block

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1 January, 2018

That wily fox of Manhattan crime writing Lawrence Block has been weaving his Matthew Scudder stories for over 40 years now. In his own contribution to Alive in Shape and Color, which he edits, we find Scudder and his wife sitting on the piazza in…

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The most wanted crime books of 2018

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31 December, 2017

How was your year of crime fiction in 2017? For us here on Crime Fiction Lover it was a varied experience. It was a great to see authors like Michael Connelly (Two Kinds of Truth), Denise Mina (The Long Drop) and Arnaldur Indridason (The Shadow…

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CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2017

By crimefictionlover

28 December, 2017

Is it too negative to say that 2017 was not a sizzler for crime fiction? The much anticipated film version of Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman arrived on the silver screen and didn’t quite capture the thrilling edge that the books convey. Murder on the Orient…

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Before We Die - new Swedish crime show on Channel 4

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22 December, 2017

On 16 January Scandinavian crime fiction will return to Channel 4 with Before We Die. Set in Stockholm and starring Marie Richardson and Adam Pålsson, the show is about an uncompromising woman cop who is being lined up for early retirement when her colleague and…

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Top 10 Nordic noir novels of 2017

By crimefictionlover

18 December, 2017

They’ve been saying it wouldn’t last for a while now. And that tells you everything you need to know about Nordic noir. Although this year’s crop of books doesn’t have quite the same level of electric spark as last year – when we featured the…

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We want The Wanted

By crimefictionlover

15 December, 2017

On the Radar — You know when you see something and all you can say is: “WANT!”? Well, that’s what it’s going to be like for many readers of detective fiction when they see The Wanted by Robert Crais. The title aptly suggests the reader’s…

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Mr Avila - Mexican crime drama comes to Walter Presents

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12 December, 2017

Our view of Mexico in the crime fiction world is perhaps a little filtered by America’s perspective on its neighbour – the war on drugs, cross-border migration and so on. From Breaking Bad to The Power of the Dog and The Dead Women of Juarez,…

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First look: Babylon Berlin the graphic novel

Alive in Shape and Color – Edited by Lawrence Block

The most wanted crime books of 2018

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Before We Die - new Swedish crime show on Channel 4

Top 10 Nordic noir novels of 2017

We want The Wanted

Mr Avila - Mexican crime drama comes to Walter Presents

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