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Unforgotten season 5 comes to PBS Masterpiece

1 August, 2023

With its in-depth and always emotional cold case investigations, Unforgotten is one of the best crime shows to appear on UK television in recent years, and from 3 September 2023 viewers in North America will be able to enjoy the fifth series of the programme….

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On the Radar: Sean Duffy returns at last!

By crimefictionlover

28 July, 2023

Is it just us, or is Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy series the most underrated set of novels in the business? The characters. The dialogue. The Northern Ireland setting. The author’s deft way of weaving the Troubles into the wider milieu of late stage colonialism. And…

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Clean Sweep: The Irish crime show comes to BBC Four

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26 July, 2023

Back in January we reported on North Sea Connection, which turned out to be one of the most popular crime shows we’ve written about so far this year. If you loved that Irish production, then Clean Sweep might also hold you in its thrall. Arriving…

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On the Radar: Would you kill for me?

By crimefictionlover

21 July, 2023

Series or standalone? Standalone or series? Which do you prefer? The reason we ask is that the winner of our Best Author Editor’s Choice Award 2022, Steve Cavanagh, has announced that his next book is a standalone. Will lovers of his Eddie Flynn series be…

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Holidays from Hell: Seven deadly summertime reads

By crimefictionlover

19 July, 2023

With the world burning on its axis, you might need a holiday book to cool off with indoors just as much as a beach read for summer 2023. Here at Crime Fiction Lover, we are never short of hot book recommendations and as the schools…

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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

By crimefictionlover

17 July, 2023

Translated by Astrid Freuler — Following the Basel Killings and Silver Pebbles, The Murder of Anton Livius is the third novel in the Inspector Peter Hunkeler series by the Swiss playwright and author Hansjörg Schneider. Originally written in the Schweizerdeutsch dialect, the novels give crime…

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On the Radar: Detective Ravn alights in English

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14 July, 2023

A few weeks back we talked to the Danish crime author Michael Katz Krefeld about his first book arriving in translation and already a second has landed. Derailed features one of Denmark’s best known genre detectives – Ravn – and finally Nordic noir fans in the…

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The doctor will see you now... Kate Griffin

By crimefictionlover

11 July, 2023

Continuing her series of vodcasts talking to crime fiction authors of all descriptions, Dr Noir returns to our site and with her this time is the English historical crime author Kate Griffin. Watch the video below, in which the pair discuss Kate’s latest book, Fyneshade,…

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Unforgotten season 5 comes to PBS Masterpiece

On the Radar: Sean Duffy returns at last!

Clean Sweep: The Irish crime show comes to BBC Four

On the Radar: Would you kill for me?

Holidays from Hell: Seven deadly summertime reads

The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

On the Radar: Detective Ravn alights in English

The doctor will see you now... Kate Griffin

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