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Beck returns to BBC iPlayer in 2026

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Wilhelm Beck (Valter Skarsgård) continues to have issues with authority, following police procedure and working as part of a team in the two feature-length episodes of the long-running Swedish crime series, Beck, now available on the iPlayer. Also airing on 5 and 12 September 2026…
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Meet the author: Jean Thesquare

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Jean Thesquare is the pen name for the anonymous New York-based crime author behind The Sultryverse – a publishing company and a literary universe where they explore themes a lot of authors won’t touch. Their protagonists are intelligent women in control of their lives, stories…
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Slow Horses Season 6 comes to Apple TV

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Few shows on Apple TV have captured the attention quite like Slow Horses. The adaptation of Mick Herron’s novels has earned rave reviews and awards recognition for writer Will Smith and the cast. Marquee names from Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas to Hugo Weaving,…
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Meet the author: Teresa Solana

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We tend to think of Barcelona as a flamboyant, opulent and romantic European city, but you can trust that in crime fiction you will discover what lies beyond the façade. Teresa Solana’s new novel, The Butterfly House, seems the perfect place to start. Translated by…
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Interview: Christopher Harris

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The NFL is so pervasive in American culture, and the scandals that seem to follow it so huge in the American media, that it’s surprising there isn’t a regular flow of crime novels set in and around the sport. Christopher Harris an LA-based gridiron journalist…
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Meet the author: DS Butler

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Not many people know this, but I have Lincolnshire roots. However, until now I’ve not come across a crime series set in the north-east part of the county where my ancestors fished, made bricks and wove baskets going back into time immemorial. All that has…
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Ludwig is back for season two

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Let the glorious Ninth Symphony ring out (choral version, please) because the BBC’s superb cosy crime show, Ludwig, has returned for a second season. Back in 2024, the first season had us hooked and although it’s been a long wait, it looks like the BBC…
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