Netflix’s prequel to the Wallander novels and TV series takes place in the present day, weaving in contemporary politics – but would a straight origin story have been better?

The Susan Effect by Peter Høeg; Suburra by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo; The Accordionist by Fred Vargas; A Patient Fury by Sarah Ward; and The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet

Kenneth Branagh returned in an oddly leaden Wallander, while a film on white communities in London’s East End was surprisingly subtle

In 2014 the internationally acclaimed Swedish crime writer and creator of Wallander was diagnosed with cancer. In a series of previously unpublished pieces he looks back on his life and reflects on mortality, moments of intense fear, hope and happiness. He died last autumn

The actor starred as the Swedish crime writer’s detective Kurt Wallander. Here, he recalls their last meal

The Swedish crime writer was a complex figure who lived an extraordinary life. His novels featuring detective Kurt Wallander critiqued politics and big business and explored the human condition

Laura Wilson: Good Girls Don’t Die by Isabelle Grey, An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell, A Possibility of Violence by DA Mishani, The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor, Winter Siege by Ariana Franklin and Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay