Congratulations go to the wonderful Mick Herron who has won the 2026 Pepe Carvlho Award which is given every year to an author in the noir fiction category as part of the literary festival BCNegra. More information can be found here.
Jo Nesbø’s global bestselling books are coming soon to Netflix. The Trailer can be seen below and the first episode is due to air on 26th March.
Not good news – Throughly disappointing to hear that “Virdee” has been cancelled due to lower than expected viewing figures. More information can be found here. I do hope that it is picked up by someone else. A response from the BBC can be found here.
BritBox and ITV are bringing back Reginald Hill's beloved duo Dalziel and Pascoe in a 'fresh' contemporary reimagining. More information can be found here. Filming is due to start on the six part series in the spring of 2026 in the North of England.
ITV's six-part police procedural, Winter, has commenced filming in Bristol and Belgium with further casting announced. The series features an unconventional forensic pathologist, Dr Ethan Winter, played by Richard Armitage (Missing You, Red Eye, Fool Me Once), whose brilliance, sharp intellect and rule-breaking approach helps the police solve some of the most complex murder cases. The series will be broadcast and streamed in the US by Masterpiece PBS. More information can be found here.
David Morrissey and Danny Dyer are set to lead the cast of Channel 4's adaptation of Ben McIntyre's best selling book The Siege which is set around a pivotal moment in history when six Arab Iranian's burst into the Iranian Embassy taking hostages. More information on the limited six part series can be found here.
Congratulations go to Dominic Nolan whose novel White City has won the Lauréat Du Prix Mystére De La Critique 2026
ITV have acquired a new crime drama featuring Minnie Driver entitled The Murder Line a six part series is set in Canada and is is due to be shown in Spring. More information can be found here.
Laura Wilson's round-up of recent crime and thriller books in the Guardian can be found here.
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