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First look: The Fresh Cut by Antti Tuomainen

3 September, 2026

Finnish author Antti Tuomainen was a poet before he became a crime author, and his early crime novels took on a literary quality – that of dark tragedies. However, he soon went in a new direction, infusing books like Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor…

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Arctic Circle season 4 comes to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

30 January, 2026

Is the quiet town of Ivalo about to become the site of Finland’s worst mass murder. There’s a sign in the heavens that says it is. Read on as we bed you in for season four of Arctic Circle, arriving on Channel 4 in the…

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The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 December, 2025

Translated by Kristian London — Finnish author Satu Rämö is new on our site, but this is a writer you need to know about, particularly if you love Nordic noir. Her series featuring Icelandic detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir first arrived in English translation in October 2024…

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Arctic Circle season 3: Finnish crime show back on Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

25 February, 2025

The Finnish crime show Arctic Circle was the second most popular series on Channel 4’s streaming service, Walter Presents, in 2024. Now fans of Nordic noir on the telly can settle right back into their IKEA sofas because season three of the show airs in…

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The Finnish crime show Arctic Circle returns to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

19 January, 2024

If you need some ice-cold crime fiction to go with an ice-cold January here in the Northern Hemisphere, then watch out for Arctic Circle, season two, which will arrive on Channel 4’s overseas crime streaming service, Walter Presents, from 26 January 2024. Although it’s not…

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Trouble by Katja Ivar

By crimefictionlover

23 January, 2023

Following Evil Things and Deep as Death, Trouble is the third novel in Katja Ivar’s series about the Finnish detective Hella Mauzer. Set in Helsinki in 1953, it’s a procedural with hints of a Nordic noir atmosphere to it, a touch of espionage as the…

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Interview: Katja Ivar

By crimefictionlover

17 January, 2023

This week sees the release of Trouble, the third book in the Hella Mauzer series by Katja Ivar. Set in 1950s Finland, during the Cold War, the books tell the story of a young police woman and budding detective who cuts against the grain when…

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The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen

By crimefictionlover

15 November, 2022

If you read The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, not only did you meet the mathematician Henri Koskinen but you will have enjoyed one of the finest and most original crime novels of 2021. Quirky characters, perilous run-ins with violent gangsters, a disorientating setting, absurdist…

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First look: The Fresh Cut by Antti Tuomainen

Arctic Circle season 4 comes to Channel 4

The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

Arctic Circle season 3: Finnish crime show back on Channel 4

The Finnish crime show Arctic Circle returns to Walter Presents

Trouble by Katja Ivar

Interview: Katja Ivar

The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen

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