Paint it red
On the Radar — This week’s new books begin with the case of a killer who sees his work as his art, and perhaps he paints in blood. As is often the case, we’ve got old secrets sneaking up on new protagonists, cold cases, serial…
The photographer, the journalist, the wife and the crime fiction lover
On the Radar — Yes, our new books column this week brings you enough crazy killers, possible killers, and compromised protagonists to populate any Peter Greenaway movie. We’ve got previews here of new domestic noir, Scandinavian crime fiction, a Glaswegian treat and more than one case…
Babylon Berlin coming to Netflix USA
Crime Fiction Lovers in the United States: get ready for achtung. On 30 January, Netflix will start streaming the hit German TV series Babylon Berlin – an onscreen kaleidoscope of music, decadence, sex, corruption, political intrigue and, yes, plenty of crime. Set in 1929, during…
Find out how it ends
On the Radar — It’s not often that this happens, but there is only one way to introduce this week’s new books. And that is to say: you are going to have a hard time choosing which to read first… This Is How It Ends…
The first new crime books of 2018
On the Radar — Welcome back to Crime Fiction Lover for a new year of mysteries, noir, psychological thrillers, Scandi and more. Every Friday we bring you our weekly news column filled with the latest releases and we always try to cover the rainbow gamut…
First look: Babylon Berlin the graphic novel
Did you watch Babylon Berlin on Sky last November? Or maybe, if you are in the US, you’ll catch it when it begins streaming on Netflix on 30 January. But did you know that the decadent German television programme – the most expensive non-English production…
Before We Die - new Swedish crime show on Channel 4
On 16 January Scandinavian crime fiction will return to Channel 4 with Before We Die. Set in Stockholm and starring Marie Richardson and Adam Pålsson, the show is about an uncompromising woman cop who is being lined up for early retirement when her colleague and…
We want The Wanted
On the Radar — You know when you see something and all you can say is: “WANT!”? Well, that’s what it’s going to be like for many readers of detective fiction when they see The Wanted by Robert Crais. The title aptly suggests the reader’s…