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Expert Witness: Oskar Jensen and Helle & Death

Season 4

We love our true crime, but what makes us love crime on the page?

In this installment of Expert Witness Sinead speaks to Oskar Jensen, author of Helle & Death - a new murder mystery paying homage to the golden age of detective fiction (but for a 21st century audience) with wry humour and a dash of dark academia. A snow-bound mansion, a group of university friends stuck together and a dead body; what could go wrong?

Helle & Death is published by Viper, and is available now in bookshops and online: https://serpentstail.com/work/helle-and-death/


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About Expert Witness: In these bonus episodes we interview different experts from a variety of backgrounds about cases on our show and about the world of true crime, Victorians, and poison.


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