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Department Q (Danish: Afdeling Q) is a series of ten Danish Nordic noir crime novels by author Jussi Adler-Olsen [1] which have been adapted in an ongoing series of highly successful Danish films and a forthcoming English language TV adaptation for Netflix which changes the setting from Denmark to Scotland.
“The Poison Sky is a stunner of a book and will undoubtedly bring John Shannon the attention he deserves,” The Poisoned Pen [10] 4. The Orange Curtain, 2001 "Readers who like gritty noir leavened by genuine heart and a healthy dollop of erudition will love Shannon’s fourth Jack Liffey mystery,” Starred Publishers Weekly [11]
A sub-genre of noir fiction has been named "rural noir" in the US, [15] [16] and sometimes "outback noir" in Australia. [17] [18] Many rural noir novels have been adapted for film and TV series in both countries, such as Ozark, No Country for Old Men, [15] and Big Sky in the US, [19] and Troppo, The Dry, Scrublands, [17] and High Country (2024) in Australia.
Pulp noir is a subgenre influenced by various "noir" genres, as well as (as implied by its name) pulp fiction genres; particularly the hard-boiled genres which help give rise to film noir. [1] Pulp noir is marked by its use of classic noir techniques, but with urban influences. Various media include film, illustrations, photographs and videogames.
Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, is a genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Nordic noir often employs plain language, avoiding metaphor , and is typically set in bleak landscapes.
Republished in 2024 by Baen Books. [119] 978-1-62579-977-7: Magdeburg Noir: January 2020 David Carrico 978-1948818674: Another Carrico 1632 police drama; a follow-up to 1635: Music and Murder and 1636: The Devil's Opera. Material that was previously published in the Grantville Gazette plus some new material. [120] Republished in 2025 by Baen Books.
Eddie Muller (born October 15, 1958) is an American author and the founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation. He is known for his books about the film noir genre, and is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies. [3] He is also known by his moniker: the "Czar of Noir". [4]
This author should not be confused with a different author of the same name, [3] who has written the following books: A Dragon to Agincourt , 2003, Y Lolfa , ISBN 978-0-86243-684-1 With Madog to the New World , 2005, Y Lolfa, ISBN 978-0-86243-758-9