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A first look at Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla

17 February, 2021

After finding herself at the heart of the mystery surrounding the death of Harry Houdini, the woman detective Minky Woodcock returns in a new comic book series set nearly 20 years later and involving another 20th century icon – Nikola Tesla. The first issue of…

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Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

10 February, 2021

For the past few years, it seems as though Scandinavian crime shows have been losing their way a little bit. Few have managed to excite fans in the same way that Wallander, The Killing and The Bridge did when they first appeared. In 2021, that’s…

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Interview: Eloísa Díaz

By crimefictionlover

9 February, 2021

On 24 March 1976, three generals overthrew the government of Argentina and began ruling the country as a military dictatorship, waging the Dirty War against their political opponents. Thousands disappeared – trade unionists, university students, members of left-wing political parties – and were tortured and…

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On the Radar: Your source for crime fiction news

By crimefictionlover

5 February, 2021

One thing we’ve noticed over the past nine years since we started Crime Fiction Lover is that publishing schedules vary quite a bit. Some weeks, the big publishing companies go head to head with their leading writers – a battle royale of bloodletting, so to…

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Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

By crimefictionlover

3 February, 2021

After Deutschland 83 and Deutschland 86, we’ll go behind the Berlin Wall one last time as the third and final season – you guessed it, Deutschland 89 – arrives on More4 and the Channel 4 video-on-demand service Walter Presents. The show will air weekly in…

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On the Radar: The Night Hawks, and more...

By crimefictionlover

29 January, 2021

This week our books news column brings you five new crime novels, with murder after murder stacking up for our protagonists to solve, usually while evading death themselves. Our lead is The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths, who is hugely popular in the UK. We’ve…

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Danish crime show Deliver Us arrives on Channel 4 and All 4

By crimefictionlover

27 January, 2021

In most crime dramas, the bad guy kills the victim and then the good guys try to identify and catch the bad guy. Or girl. Deliver Us is a 2019 Scandinavian crime show that mixes things up a bit. In a small community in rural…

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The Convent by Sarah Sheridan

By crimefictionlover

23 January, 2021

Sarah Sheridan’s debut crime novel is a fast-moving psychological thriller about murder and corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. What’s different here is that it’s not the sexual abuse of children we’re talking about, but rather the cover-ups that go on when priests break their…

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A first look at Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla

Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four

Interview: Eloísa Díaz

On the Radar: Your source for crime fiction news

Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

On the Radar: The Night Hawks, and more...

Danish crime show Deliver Us arrives on Channel 4 and All 4

The Convent by Sarah Sheridan

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