New crime fiction talent: the seven best debuts of 2018
Familiar characters and long-running series are mainstays of crime fiction, but this is a genre that also welcomes fresh blood with open arms. Although we…
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- New crime fiction talent: the seven best debuts of 2018: Familiar characters and long-runn
- Season seven of Beck comes to BBC Four: The Swedish crime series Beck, based on the Mart
- First look: The Flower Girls: How about an early first peek at the cover The Flower Girl
- Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try: With the 2018 Man Booker Prize going to
- Subversiveness and curiosity: what makes Columbo the greatest TV detective: Ever thought
Japanese crime fiction: Six of the best
The Japanese love to read. A combination of near-universal literacy and long commute times means that you’re likely to see trains full of everyone from…
Season seven of Beck comes to BBC Four
The Swedish crime series Beck, based on the Martin Beck novels by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, is returning to BBC Four more than 20…
First look: The Flower Girls
How about an early first peek at the cover The Flower Girls, coming in January from Raven Books? It promises to be a chilling affair…
Northern Ireland crime fiction: 10 books to try
With the 2018 Man Booker Prize going to a Northern Ireland author, Craig Sisterson shines his crime fiction torch towards the six counties and illuminates…
Interview: MB Vincent
Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death is a comedy crime caper set in the West Country’s goriest market town where crucifixions are executed near…
The ultimate guide to the Swedish crime show Beck
If you’ve ever been known to binge-watch shows like Wallander or The Bridge, there’s a good chance you’ll also love the Martin Beck novels by…
Subversiveness and curiosity: what makes Columbo the greatest TV detective
Ever thought of doing a Columbo marathon? Film and TV expert David Bradley decided to watch all 69 episodes in order, and this is what…
Interview: Leye Adenle
Leye Adenle is a Nigerian crime fiction writer and actor now living in London. In his first novel, Easy Motion Tourist, he introduced the dark…
Alex – the dirty cop crime drama from Sweden
Love your Scandinavian crime fiction? Head over to Walter Presents and you’ll be able to stream the six-episode series, Alex, complete with English subtitles. Also…
Morecambe & Vice 2018 – a festival of crime writing and hidden talents
In a chilly and cavernous, tatty-around-the-edges but still beautiful old theatre on Morecambe’s seafront, MJ Arlidge is holding forth. He has a bottle in one…
Helen FitzGerald’s The Cry comes to BBC One
No fights. No gunshots. Not even a drop of blood. And yet The Cry, which began airing on BBC One on Sunday 30 September is…
A report from Bloody Scotland 2018
There was plenty of near bloodshed going on at the annual Caledonian shindig with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers band murdering songs for a laugh,…