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Prisoner – the Danish crime drama comes to BBC Four

16 February, 2024

The Killing star Sofie Gräbøl returns to our screens, swapping the knitwear for a prison-issue blue shirt in Prisoner, which begins airing on BBC Four at 9pm on Saturday 24 February 2024. It’s a crime show where the perpetrators are already in prison – but…

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On the Radar: Looking for clues with an eagle eye

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16 February, 2024

Is solving a crime similar to bird watching? You’ve got to do your research, use your intuition, know what you’re looking for, recognise it when you see it, exercise patience and arrive at just the right time to avoid disappointment. So maybe spotting a rare…

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Astrid: Murder in Paris returns for season 3

By crimefictionlover

13 February, 2024

No crime show character elicits quite as much sympathy from viewers as Astrid Nielsen, the crime-solving archivist from Paris who has autism. People love the way she’s portrayed by Sara Mortensen, and as soon as we’d posted our preview of season two of Astrid: Murder…

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On the Radar: Murder she solved

By crimefictionlover

9 February, 2024

Sometimes writing the headline for this piece is easy. Sometimes, not so much. The one thing we’ve spotted with this week’s varied collection of crime novels is that the sleuthing in every single one of them is done by a woman – in some cases more…

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On the Radar: Back to Alaska

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2 February, 2024

February begins with a fine selection of crime fiction books to choose from, and we start this week’s roundup off with Iris Yamashita’s second novel set in Alaska, Village in the Dark. There are also new books from Gregg Hurwitz, Tony Kent, Tina Baker and…

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On the Radar - From smoke to smoke

By crimefictionlover

26 January, 2024

Smoke seems to be the theme this week as we begin with The Smoke in our Eyes from veteran author James Grady, and conclude our report with Smoke Kings by debut writer Jahmal Mayfield – two very different books but the smoke is pervasive. Our report…

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On the Radar: Everyone on this site is a suspect

By crimefictionlover

19 January, 2024

OK, everybody, it’s time to get metafictional. We think the most interesting new book in this week’s report is one in which the author himself plays a role in the mystery – Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, from the Australian author Benjamin Stevenson….

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The Finnish crime show Arctic Circle returns to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

19 January, 2024

If you need some ice-cold crime fiction to go with an ice-cold January here in the Northern Hemisphere, then watch out for Arctic Circle, season two, which will arrive on Channel 4’s overseas crime streaming service, Walter Presents, from 26 January 2024. Although it’s not…

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Prisoner – the Danish crime drama comes to BBC Four

On the Radar: Looking for clues with an eagle eye

Astrid: Murder in Paris returns for season 3

On the Radar: Murder she solved

On the Radar: Back to Alaska

On the Radar - From smoke to smoke

On the Radar: Everyone on this site is a suspect

The Finnish crime show Arctic Circle returns to Walter Presents

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