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The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

23 December, 2020

Lovers of French crime fiction will be screaming, “Oui, oui, OUI” in ecstasy come Saturday 2 January, when BBC Four begins airing the final series of Spiral, the outstanding French crime drama. Hailed as the king of crime shows in France, Spiral began in 2005…

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The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 December, 2020

Translated by Nick Caistor — Welcome to Seine-Saint-Denis, also known as the 93. Forget the iconic Eiffel Tower, a walk along the Seine or the quaint coffee shops that Paris conjures up in your mind. This is the underbelly of Paris, the district with the…

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All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

By Catherine Turnbull

3 November, 2020

Like this book’s author, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is revisiting Paris – a place that haunts him with shadows of the past – from his home near Montréal in Canada. He’s in the City of Light with his wife Reine-Marie, son and daughter, and their spouses…

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Under Occupation

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 February, 2020

Written by Alan Furst — Political thriller writer Alan Furst is the master of ‘storm clouds massing over Europe’ novels, set in the 1930s. His protagonists are most often ordinary Joes who agree to perform some minor anti-fascist act. It’s as if they consider the…

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Spiral season 7 – coming soon to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

20 September, 2019

We’ve got good news for lovers of the French crime drama Spiral, with the announcement that season seven is coming to BBC Four this autumn. It’s going to start with a bang, with a whole selection of favourite characters – Gilou, Berthaud, Joséphine, Roban and…

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No Second Chance – thrilling French series comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

13 August, 2019

Intense French cop shows like Spiral have gripped viewers on BBC Four, while programmes like Witnesses have demonstrated a skill in producing moody and atmospheric crime stories, similar to Nordic noir. The latest French crime show to air on Channel 4, via the Walter Presents…

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The Paris Diversion

By Vicki Weisfeld

21 May, 2019

Written by Chris Pavone — The Paris Diversion is the followup to Chris Pavone’s award-winning debut thriller from 2013, The Expats. In the new book, former CIA agent Kate Moore is living in Paris with her husband Dexter when the ghosts from that earlier story…

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The Long Road from Paris

By Vicki Weisfeld

25 January, 2019

Written by Kirby Williams — This is Kirby Williams’s second thriller featuring New Orleans jazz prodigy Urby Brown, an expat living in Paris even as the dark clouds of Naziism spread over Europe. Author Williams, an expat himself, effectively conveys his love of the city…

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The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

Under Occupation

Spiral season 7 – coming soon to BBC Four

No Second Chance – thrilling French series comes to Walter Presents

The Paris Diversion

The Long Road from Paris

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