Double, double, toil and trouble...
On the Radar — This week, a very different take on Shakespeare’s Scottish play leads our new releases list. Jo Nesbo’s version of Macbeth was on our Most Wanted list at the beginning of the year, alongside debutante Vicky Newham’s Turn a Blind Eye which…
A guide to Harry Hole
In some ways, the appeal of the Harry Hole stories is easy to pin down. Like so many modern detectives he’s got a few flaws. For a start, he’s a recovering alcoholic who often grabs a bottle when things get tough. Drunk or sober, he’s…
The most wanted crime books of 2018
How was your year of crime fiction in 2017? For us here on Crime Fiction Lover it was a varied experience. It was a great to see authors like Michael Connelly (Two Kinds of Truth), Denise Mina (The Long Drop) and Arnaldur Indridason (The Shadow…
Top 10 Nordic noir novels of 2017
They’ve been saying it wouldn’t last for a while now. And that tells you everything you need to know about Nordic noir. Although this year’s crop of books doesn’t have quite the same level of electric spark as last year – when we featured the…
The Snowman - audiobook
Written by Jo Nesbø, narrated by Robin Sachs — As the film of Jo Nesbø’s quintessential police procedural The Snowman (2007) comes to the big screen, listening to the audio version is perhaps an intermediate step between reading this terrifying bestseller and seeing the film….
Must watch: The Snowman trailer
We like how this looks, it’s out in the UK on 13 October 2017, and that’s all we have to say about it. Check out our guide to the Harry Hole series here.
The Thirst by Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith — The tagline says it all: Harry Hole is back! For those following the ten-book series featuring the dour, brilliant, and thoroughly scarred Norwegian detective, we were led to believe that Police might have been his last book. But now Harry is back,…