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Jamie forms a comrades-in-adversity friendship with fellow new recruit Vivian (Thaddea Graham, full of quiet Feb 24, 2022 · Wisting is notorious for being more action-packed than the traditional Nordic Noir, and season 2 is no exception. It seems that the girl is an immigrant, possibly a refugee, as there are no missing person reports. It’s also a thriller, about a hunt and an investigation, by the police initially, then by a father Jan 20, 2020 · Wisting, on Sundance Now, is a Norwegian series about detective William Wisting that is based on the best-selling books by Jørn Lier Horst (who was himself a detective in Norway). Photograph: Peter Marley/BBC/Euston Films. It’s an entertaining, fairly overwrought Sep 17, 2020 · The historical Piranesi, an 18th-century engraver, is celebrated for his intricate and oppressive visions of imaginary prisons and for his veduta ideate, precise renderings of classical edifices . 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The travel writer’s quest for spiritual transcendence takes him from Iran to North Korea in a book that rarely Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice Jun 18, 2023 · In parallel, there is another story, of Digby Kilgour, a young Scottish doctor who travels from Glasgow to Madras to join the Indian medical service during colonial times. Because we now have the hot 2020s May 18, 2015 · T his is a sprawling 530-page novel, winner of this year’s Pulitzer prize for fiction, about a girl and her father in Paris, and what befalls them when the Nazi occupation of Paris drives them Oct 19, 2022 · The Norwegian detective William Wisting returns this October as BBC Four airs season two of this popular Nordic noir programme on UK screens for the first time. The Wisting series is written by a is a former Senior Investigating Officer in the Norwegian police force and is one of the best Scandinavian crime-writers. Feb 14, 2023 · Reaches for the heart and squeezes it Samuel Jordan (Jimmy) and Faith Omole (Joy). I will use anything to drive the story forward. T he Norwegian crime writer Jo Apr 16, 2022 · Ian Gittins. His serial killer investigation crosses paths with his journalist daughter's news story, putting her in grave danger. Internal Affairs investigate Wisting, and following his suspension, Torunn heads the inquiry into the disappearance of a young woman. As for eldest daughter Linda Jan 6, 2023 · Over a barrel Mark Bonnar as Alwyn in The Rig, Prime Video’s six-part thriller. Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and Nov 23, 2023 · J ulia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke star in this glossy, Shyamalan-level-10 apocalypto-paranoid conspiracy thriller, adapted from the 2020 bestseller by Rumaan Alam. 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