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Nordic Murders season 5 on Walter Presents

3 October, 2024

Karin Lossow is back helping solve crimes in Usedom as Nordic Murders returns to Channel 4’s streaming service Walter Presents. While season four felt a little off-kilter with so much focus on the love life of police detective Ellen Norgaard (Rikke Lylloff), season five feels…

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Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

11 October, 2023

Back in 2020, we nearly blew up our servers by posting a preview of Nordic Murders when its first season was broadcast in the UK by Channel 4. The article remains one of our most popular to this day. What is it about this German…

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The Marnow Murders – new German crime fiction coming to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

7 June, 2023

German crime drama is returning to Channel 4’s subtitled streaming service Walter Presents with The Marnow Murders, available in the UK as a box set from 16 June 2023. Based on the novel of the same name by screenwriter Holger Karsten Schmidt, the mystery is…

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The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

19 April, 2023

Translated by Rachel Ward — Unlike Erdinger or St Pauli Girl, German crime fiction doesn’t always travel as well as the country’s beers. However, the Chastity Riley series by Simone Buchholz has been something to behold. Beginning with Blue Night, Orenda Books has translated and…

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German crime show Dark Woods comes to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

23 December, 2021

The shadowy, untamed forests of Lower Saxony provide a suitably eerie backdrop for Dark Woods, the latest German crime drama to hit British screens. Even in the summer, the tall evergreens block out the sun, leaving walkers feeling disorientated. Add some weird, primeval sculptures and…

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Sleepless by Romy Hausmann

By RoughJustice

17 June, 2021

Translated by Jamie Bulloch — Dear Child, Romy Hausmann’s debut which was published in English last year, proved to be a breath of fresh air for the stale psychological noir sub-genre of mainstream crime fiction. It subverted the tired clichés and tropes while at the…

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The Nordic Murders returns for season 2 on More4

By crimefictionlover

20 May, 2021

When the first series of the German crime show The Nordic Murders appeared, it lit the lights and rang the bells here at Crime Fiction Lover. Overnight, our preview of the series became one of the most popular articles on the site. The crime drama…

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First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2021

The name Hansjörg Schneider may not mean much to you, but in the German-speaking world he is an important literary figure. Based in Basel, Switzerland, Schneider is a famous playwright and philosopher who, in 1993, began a series of crime novels about a Basel detective…

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Nordic Murders season 5 on Walter Presents

Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

The Marnow Murders – new German crime fiction coming to Walter Presents

The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz

German crime show Dark Woods comes to Channel 4

Sleepless by Romy Hausmann

The Nordic Murders returns for season 2 on More4

First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

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