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The Nordic Murders returns for season 2 on More4

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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Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 February, 2021

Translated by Rachel Ward — German crime fiction is a hit with our readers at the moment. We know this because thousands of readers have been checking in over the last month to read about the television series The Nordic Murders, plus our feature on…

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Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

By crimefictionlover

3 February, 2021

After Deutschland 83 and Deutschland 86, we’ll go behind the Berlin Wall one last time as the third and final season – you guessed it, Deutschland 89 – arrives on More4 and the Channel 4 video-on-demand service Walter Presents. The show will air weekly in…

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The Nordic Murders: The latest German crime drama on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

29 November, 2020

On Friday 4 December at 9pm, More4 will begin airing The Nordic Murders, the German crime drama set on the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea, in the northeast corner of Germany. With a big lagoon and estuary, it is often surrounded by ice…

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New series of German crime drama Inspector Falke on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

27 November, 2020

For 50 years, German crime fiction lovers have enjoyed the television series Tatort. The first episodes were broadcast in 1970 and the programme has introduced viewers to over 90 lead detectives – not to mention their partners and colleagues. It’s the show’s flexible, decentralised format…

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Sofia Helin returns in The Same Sky on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

15 October, 2020

Get ready because on 23 October Sofia Helin – famous for her role as Saga Noren in The Bridge – will be appearing in a new German spy drama as More4 airs The Same Sky at 9pm in the UK. This time out, Helin plays…

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Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

By RoughJustice

5 October, 2020

When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously declared “I know it when I see it,” he was referring to obscenity and whether or not the Louis Malle film The Lovers could be categorised as such. I have much the same relationship with psychological thrillers. An…

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The Nordic Murders returns for season 2 on More4

First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

The Nordic Murders: The latest German crime drama on Walter Presents

New series of German crime drama Inspector Falke on Walter Presents

Sofia Helin returns in The Same Sky on Walter Presents

Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

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