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The best crime shows of 2018

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A lot of crime shows were watched by members of our team in 2018. We had an expert with his ear to the ground at some of the top television festivals, we had people scanning Netflix and Amazon, the BBC and ITV, and a feed…
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Farang: Nordic noir goes to Thailand

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Fans of Scandinavian crime shows tune in for a variety of reasons. There’s the cold climate, and the isolation of the far north. Or, the social issues exposed within these supposedly ideal social democracies. Sometimes it’s that combination of minimalist dialogue, muted emotions and restrained…
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Sleepers

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Written by Mark Dawson — Sleepers is the 13th novel in the wildly popular John Milton thriller series, penned by a wildly successful author who turned his back on traditional publishing a handful of years ago and became an icon in world of self-publishing. Are his…
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Palm Beach, Finland

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Written by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston — In just over a decade, Antti Tuomainen has shown his impressive versatility within the crime fiction genre. He has written dystopian noir (The Healer), an ecothriller (The Mine) and black comedy (The Man Who Died). In…
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Crime in the other Palm Beach

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On the Radar — Last week the selection of new books we offered up in On the Radar featured some standards of the crime fiction bookshelf, but our mid-August picks look a little bit more… unusual. And we love that. One of Finland’s top crime…
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Boise Longpig Hunting Club

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Written by Nick Kolakowski — Idaho bounty hunter Jake Halligan’s relationship with the Boise police force is difficult enough without any extra complications. The police take a dim view of bounty hunters as it is – trigger happy cowboys without the guts or discipline to carry…
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