1. “Dissolution” by the late, great C.J. Sansom is our introduction to Matthew Shardlake: a disabled barrister with a keen legal mind, whose criminal investigations during the reign of Henry ...

His new Netflix series Dept. Q continues that lineage, adapting a series of Danish crime novels about a scrappy but talented cold-case unit, relocating the action to Edinburgh, Scotland.

There are a number of buzz-worthy TV releases coming your way in July, adding even more potential candidates for the coveted ...

Netflix's Dept. Q series is based on the Nordic noir book series of the same name by Jussi Alder-Olsen.Like the TV series, the books focus on Carl Morck, a detective who takes over the cold case ...

I’ve just caught up with Netflix’s Dept. Q, which in a short couple of weeks has irresistibly climbed to the top of the ...

With Netflix series Dept Q., Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck, a curmudgeonly cop afflicted by PTSD and almost Sherlock-level powers of deduction. Based on the novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which ...

The author, who lives in Edinburgh with his wife Elizabeth Parry, is best known for his No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

The detective series is an adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen's books of the same name, from Scott Frank who was the writer and director of The Queen's Gambit, one of Netflix's most ...

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie series of novels — also known as the “The Sunday Philosophy Club” series — is being brought to the small screen.

Five Best: Books From a Detective Series. Selected by Richard Osman, the author, most recently, of the novel ‘We Solve Murders. ...