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Beck's back with two special cases for 2025

11 August, 2025

The Swedish crime drama Beck has returned to the BBC iPlayer and BBC Four, with two feature-length specials for 2025. Continuing the long-running series about homicide cops in Stockholm, the new films see the further development of Martin Beck’s grandson, Wilhelm, from beat cop to…

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Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 December, 2023

Translated by David Warriner — An infamous manor house on a small Swedish island. A wealthy family with secrets. A string of unexplained deaths. In the first of a new series, French crime author Johana Gustawsson, who has Nordic roots, combines elements of the traditional…

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Cult by Camilla Lackberg and Henrik Fexeus

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

7 September, 2023

Translated by Ian Giles — Bestselling Swedish author Camilla Lackberg teamed up with celebrity mentalist Henrik Fexeus to write Trapped, which was published last year. Now, the pair have returned with the second in the series featuring germophobe police officer, Mina Dabiri, and obsessive compulsive…

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Beck is back on BBC Four with season 10

By crimefictionlover

3 July, 2023

Originally conceived by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö in the 1965 novel Rosanna, Martin Beck has evolved to become a detective for the 21st century. His character first migrated from the books to the small screen in 1997, and with season 10 we might see…

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Sweet Dreams by Anders Roslund

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 October, 2022

Swedish crime writer Anders Roslund returns with Detective Ewert Grens for the 10th instalment of his gritty crime series set in Stockholm. Grens, now 65, is as depressed and gloomy as ever, and the psychological scars of years of police work are beginning to show….

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The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

By Paul Burke

17 June, 2022

Translated by Alice Menzies — The key to a really good serial killer thriller is a dark foreboding atmosphere and this novel has it in abundance. When you read The Mirror Man you feel the temperature plummet. The bestselling Swedish writing duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril…

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The Swedish detective Beck returns to UK screens for season 9

By crimefictionlover

10 May, 2022

It’s been 25 years since Beck first aired on Swedish television, making this one of the most enduring crime shows in European television and Scandinavia’s longest-running crime drama export. The ninth season is four episodes in extent, and began airing on BBC Four in the…

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Swedish crime drama Snow Angels comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

2 March, 2022

One of the main reasons people love Scandinavian crime fiction is that it often takes on some of the toughest social issues, throwing complex ethical conundrums for the police investigators involved. The Swedish programme Snow Angels goes even further. It gets right inside the lives…

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Beck's back with two special cases for 2025

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson

Cult by Camilla Lackberg and Henrik Fexeus

Beck is back on BBC Four with season 10

Sweet Dreams by Anders Roslund

The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

The Swedish detective Beck returns to UK screens for season 9

Swedish crime drama Snow Angels comes to Walter Presents

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