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The Red Door season 2: Noir Italiano on Walter Presents

12 September, 2023

Who better to investigate a murder than a murder victim, right? That’s the concept behind the Italian crime show The Red Door – La Porta Rossa – and it’s a good one. In the UK, Channel 4’s foreign crime show streaming service Walter Presents has…

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Foul Deeds and Fine Dying by Marco Malvaldi

By Erin Britton

6 June, 2023

Translated by Howard Curtis — Is there any better means of returning from the dead than appearing in a murder mystery? I expect not, particularly if the murder mystery in question is of the locked room variety. Italian businessman and cookery writer Pellegrino Artusi (1820–1911)…

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Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 March, 2023

Translated by Robin Pickering-Iazzi — Fact and fiction fuse in feminist Italian author Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s first novel, Tina, Mafia Soldier, which is also the author’s first to be translated into English. Originally published in 1994, Tina Cannizzaro’s story was inspired by that of Emanuela…

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The Garden of Angels by David Hewson

By Paul Burke

17 August, 2022

As the last survivors of the horrors of World War II pass on to the next world, are we in danger of forgetting the Holocaust and therefore its salutary lesson for humanity? That’s the question that underpins this novel and it’s why the dual timeline…

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Italian crime show The Hunter returns to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

6 April, 2022

What a show this is! When we posted a preview of The Hunter season 1 on the site last year, it became one of our most popular articles of 2021 and fans of Noir Italiano loved the series, which is still available to stream on…

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The Darkest Sin by DV Bishop

By Paul Burke

3 March, 2022

Murder on sanctified ground is the darkest sin referred to in the title of DV Bishop’s new historical crime novel set in Renaissance Italy. In this case it’s a shocking and brutal stabbing at a secluded convent. However, this is not the only troubling crime…

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The Hunter – Italian crime show comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

7 April, 2021

Some crime shows give you a clever mystery to solve, involving interesting characters. Others take you away to an unusual, atmospheric location where, perhaps, things aren’t quite as they seem. Then there’s the kind that drop you into a situation that’s almost too difficult to…

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The Forger and the Thief by Kirsten McKenzie

By nagaisayonara

13 November, 2020

Set in Florence, Italy in the lead up the 1966 floods, The Forger and the Thief by Kirsten McKenzie sees five strangers in the Tuscan city, each loosely connected to an expert forger. World War II ended two decades ago, but it still seems fresh…

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The Red Door season 2: Noir Italiano on Walter Presents

Foul Deeds and Fine Dying by Marco Malvaldi

Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

The Garden of Angels by David Hewson

Italian crime show The Hunter returns to Channel 4

The Darkest Sin by DV Bishop

The Hunter – Italian crime show comes to Walter Presents

The Forger and the Thief by Kirsten McKenzie

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