In Finnish writer Antti Tuomainen’s much-acclaimed third novel The Healer (2011), Helsinki is almost submerged under torrential rain, and the…
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Just when Simenon aficionados were adding to their shelves the last couple of volumes of Penguin’s very welcome new translations…
Who can write about sex like Émile Zola these days, as in his carnal and edgy Thérèse Raquin of 1867,…
A frequently reiterated question (as this writer can attest) is: ‘When will the Nordic Noir boom be over?’ The answer…
Where to start with Dutch crime fiction? It’s a very rich and wide-ranging field – although largely unknown to English-speaking…
A toothsome slices of Nordic Noir, Fallen Angels by Gunnar Staalesen (translated by the matchless Don Bartlett) is proof positive…
Penguin’s Georges Simenon reissue programme put crime aficionados in their debt with such titles as The Man who Watched Trains…
Their influence on crime novels and cinema has been prodigious – so why isn’t the critical stock of Boileau &…
