French crime fiction

Skin Deep by Antonia Lassa

15 May, 2023

Translated by Dr Jacky Collins — Everything about Skin Deep is, well, a little unusual. If you’re someone who likes to adventure beyond straightforward plotting, storytelling and character traits, you should find this peculiar 110-page novella most interesting. Taking you from Biarritz in southwest France…

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French crime drama I Killed My Husband comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

12 May, 2023

“Killed my husband. I am a monster.” Never say this when detained by the French police. It’s just one of several mistakes made by Anna Viera, played by Erika Sainte, in the riveting new French crime series I Killed My Husband, arriving on More4 in…

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Astrid and Raphaëlle return to More4

By crimefictionlover

15 March, 2023

“What a brilliant programme. I was so upset when we got to the final episode.” “Sara Mortensen is totally convincing in her portrayal of the autistic Astrid.” “Astrid has to be one of the best TV shows.” These are just a few of the comments…

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Paris Police 1905 back on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

23 February, 2023

We have good news for lovers of historical crime drama. Five years on from Paris Police 1900, the programme is returning to UK screens with the not too mysterious title of Paris Police 1905. The first two of six episodes will air at 9pm on…

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French crime show Astrid: Murder in Paris comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

28 September, 2022

The popular French crime drama Astrid: Murder in Paris is coming to More4 and the subtitled streaming service Walter Presents in October, bringing with it peculiar murders, difficult investigations and an unlikely pair of women sleuths. The first episode of season one will air on…

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Vanda by Marion Brunet

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

20 April, 2022

Translated by Katherine Gregor — Following up from her 2018 Grand Prix de Littérature prize winning novel, Summer of Reckoning, Marion Brunet brings us a claustrophobic, unsettling and gut-punching new book about a woman and her young son living on the fringes of society in…

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French crime show The Crimson Rivers returns to More4 with third season

By crimefictionlover

11 March, 2022

Detectives Pierre Niémans and Camille Delauney will be back on British screens for a third series of the French crime show The Crimson Rivers, which begins at 9pm on Friday 25 March on More4. You can also stream the series online via Walter Presents. Played…

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The Promise looks promising on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

10 February, 2022

When Anne Landois was working on the French TV crime hit Spiral, she would consult with police detectives from time to time. Some of the most interesting and important stories, she felt, were the ones where the police actually failed to solve difficult cases. The…

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Skin Deep by Antonia Lassa

French crime drama I Killed My Husband comes to More4

Astrid and Raphaëlle return to More4

Paris Police 1905 back on BBC Four

French crime show Astrid: Murder in Paris comes to More4

Vanda by Marion Brunet

French crime show The Crimson Rivers returns to More4 with third season

The Promise looks promising on BBC Four

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