Novelisations on a grand scale. David Hewson is best known as the author of the Nic Costa series set in Rome.
The Killing adapted the three series of the Danish TV series that performed extraordinarily well on BBC Four
. Sarah Lund's jumpers became the subject of
newspaper articles and, despite the quality of BBC Four's previous subtitled efforts,
Wallander (Danish) and
Spiral (French),
The Killing cemented the Saturday evening slot for showing the best dramas from Europe and Scandinavia, everything from
The Bridge to
Inspector Montalbano to
Salamander to
Trapped. I can't think of one series that has been a disappointment.
The Killing (London, Macmillan, 2012)
Pan Books 978-1447-20841-9, 2012, 707pp, £7.99. Cover photo Bill Hinton Photography/Getty Images / still (Sofie Grabøl)
The Killing II (London, Macmillan, 2013)
Pan Books 978-1447-20842-6, 2013, 539pp, £7.99. Cover adapted from DVD (Arrow Films) / still (Sofie Grabøl)
The Killing III (London, Macmillan, 2014)
Pan Books 978-1447-24625-1, 2015, 416pp, £7.99. Cover photo by Plainpicture/Matton / still (Sofie Grabøl)
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