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The Cultural Frontline: Murder, Mystery and the Perfect Crime Story

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26/01/2019 GMT

Murder, Mystery and the Perfect Crime Story

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Murder, Mystery and the Perfect Crime Story

We explore the art of crime storytelling in fact and in fiction, from Lagos to Copenhagen

Are true crime podcasts making detectives of us all? Tina speaks to two investigative journalists, Norway’s Marit Higraff and Canada’s Connie Walker about their award-winning podcasts, Death In Ice Valley and Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo, and asks whether podcasting is revolutionising true crime storytelling.

The Danish writer Søren Sveistrup tells Tina why seven years after the conclusion of his hit TV series, The Killing, he has swapped screen writing for books, to write his first novel, the crime thriller, The Chestnut Man.

You’ve heard of film noir, LA Noir, Nordic Noir- but Lagos Noir? Nigerian crime writer Leye Adenle has made the west African mega-city the lead character in his novels and short stories. For The Cultural Frontline, he goes thriller-seeking in Lagos.

Plus what does Hong Kong crime drama tell us about the darker side of Hong Kong? The writer Vivienne Chow traces the link between the popularity of the genre and the rise and fall of organised crime in the city state.

Presented by Tina Daheley

Produced by Mugabi Turya, Kirsty McQuire, Shoku Amirani and Nancy Bennie

Image: Forest crime scene. Credit: Getty Images

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