Mark Lawson explores fictional investigations of Cuba after the Castro revolution with Leonardo Padura, author of The Havana Quartet, and Caroline Garcia-Aquilera. Show more

Laura Lippman and Walter Mosley discuss how they introduced the experience of women and black Americans into crime fiction dominated by men and a McCarthyite fear of outsiders. Show more

Zygmunt Miloszewski and Joanna Jodelka discuss how Polish crime fiction has reflected the country's occupation by both Nazis and Communists and the transition to democracy. Show more

Australia's leading crime novelist Peter Temple talks to Mark Lawson about depicting a society shaped by both British colonialism and American power. Show more

Helon Habila and CM Okonkwo talk to Mark Lawson about how a flourishing tradition of Nigerian crime fiction explores British legacy, tribal tradition and 'corporate colonialism'. Show more