Below the Surface - New Danish crime drama on BBC Four
Nine o’clock, Saturday night. That’s when the UK’s legion of crime drama addicts switches over to BBC Four for new, subtitled crime shows from around the globe. The latest programme from Scandinavia arrives on Saturday 10 March when Below the Surface will take us underground…
Norskov - the Danish Western comes to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign crime drama service Walter Presents is wooing fans of Nordic noir once again this month with Norskov, the award-winning Danish crime show about a cop up against big-time drug dealers and small-town mentalities. The first episode will air on Channel 4 at…
The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Translated by William Frost — Rigmor Zimmermann is dead. Bludgeoned. Her body has been found in the King’s Gardens in Copenhagen but it’s not a case Carl Mørck and Department Q can touch. Their remit is strictly cold cases. However, because of the resemblance to…
Interview: Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Department Q series by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen is one of the best going. This division of the Copenhagen police force deals with the cold cases other detectives just couldn’t solve, all over Denmark. Situated in their basement office they’re seen as misfits, led…
A guide to Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series
When it comes to Nordic noir, you’re unlikely to find a series quite like Department Q. Conceived by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, these books are dark and unflinchingly brutal, full of social commentary, yet also manage big doses of madcap, laugh-out-loud humour. They have proven…
What My Body Remebers
Elsa Nygaard’s earliest memory is her mother’s murder, and the killer was Elsa’s father. She is now a single mother and ward of the state here in this unique novel by Agnete Friis. Her violent temper forces her to flee from the authorities with her…