Crime fiction authors at Airfield Readers' Day

Crime authors Alex Marwood, Jane Casey and Sam Blake (Vanessa O'Loughlin) will talk about their latest novels with Declan Burke as part of Airfield Readers' Day in Dundrum on Saturday 18 March 2017.

Other writers taking part in the day include Carmel Harrington, Hazel Gaynor, Fionnuala Kearney, Claudia Carroll and Kate Beaufoy. It is a forerunner of the Mountains To Sea festival, which runs from 22 to 26 March.

Stefanie Martini stars in 'Prime Suspect' prequel

Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid and Blake Harrison star in the prequel Prime Suspect: 1973. Martini, who has also appeared in Endeavour and Emerald City, will play a 22-year-old Jane Tennison at the start of her career in the Metropolitan Police.

Len Deighton’s 'SS-GB' begins this week

The BBC's adapatation of Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel SS-GB begins on BBC One next Sunday, 19 February at 9pm.

Galway event: networks in the crime genre

"Networks and Connections in the Crime Genre" is the theme of the International Crime Genre Research Group's seventh biennial conference. It takes place on 26-27 May 2017 at NUI Galway.

Lars Mikkelsen in major Eurocrime series

Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing) returns to our screens in six-part pan-European crime drama The Team on More 4 and Walter Presents from 17 February.