"There's some really undiscovered crime writers who already sell well abroad but haven't reached the UK yet, such as the Danish Jussi Adler-Olsen."Īs ratings and praise for The Killing grow, Sarah Lund, the slightly scruffy and decidedly uncommunicative detective at the centre of the Emmy-nominated drama, has quickly become a cult figure. "I'm not one of those who believe that it will remain this popular but I do think it will still grow for a few years yet," said Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, a lecturer in Scandinavian literature at UCL. The show, which has been a hit across Europe, underscores the growing popularity of the Scandinavian crime genre, led by the late author Stieg Larsson and the Swedish drama Wallander. "It is a diamond of a series – complex, dramatic, thoroughly gripping," said BBC4 controller Richard Klein.
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