Lovely things are on the horizon. I thought we might have hit a dearth in the 'things to look at' category, but we're doing OK. Tomorrow night, The Killing 2 begins - half the length of the first series but surely it will be every bit as essential as the first. BBC4 ratings will go through the roof. What's strange about the series is that the BBC have left the sleeper to sleep. The first series kind of took off by word of mouth/accident/design as a few people tuned in to see what the bizarre programme trailered only a few times might hold in store. Then, as the word of mouth kicked in, it spread like the Plague - and it was a long haul too. Whoever heard of a 20 episode crime drama - subtitled - doing serious business?

But the information on when the second series would be screened has been so hard to find out - until this week when the culture shows kicked in with it and Sofie Gråbøl appeared on the front of the Radio Times. Seriously, if you didn't see the first series, you must watch this. Probably the best crime drama on TV since... well... ever.

And if you get hooked on it and are looking for something to fill in the gaps in the days between episodes, Spiral comes a very, very close second.

Killer. Literally.

Talking of crime, I picked myself up a slinky autographed first edition of House of Silk, the 'new' Sherlock Holmes novel. I'm not actually sure if I'll ever read it or not but it's a cool little addition to the collection. What I am reading is 11/22/63 - the new doorstopper from Stephen King - and it's pretty good. Slightly switching tracks to work with time travel instead of the psyche appears to have done him the world of good. If you're a lapsed Kingster, it's a good time to get back on board.

I also picked up a copy of Inhale from James Michael this morning. It was a real bitch to track down but totally worth it. For the cave-dwellers, he is the man who is the voice of Sixx A.M. It's not much like Sixx A.M. but you totally see why it works. As a singer/songwriter he's quite something and should really fill in the Sixx-gaps with more of his own releases.

There's also a new Kate Bush album to be played with.

Oh, and the Nickelback album I mentioned the other day? I wrote about it here at The Void. I think I may write lots of things there. I'm in the mood at the moment.

Why didn't anybody tell me this was on tonight - more importantly, how come you can get a +1 channel on everything except ITV3? I'll just have to content myself with the last twenty minutes I guess. I just saw Idris Elba take away the best actor category for Luther, which is as it should be - though it would have been great to see Zen take it, but mostly I'm quite satisfied that Sofie Gråbøl took best actress away with her for The Killing. It would have been a complete travesty of life on earth if had it gone to anybody else - no matter how good they were. However, possibly the most interesting item on the show was the mini feature with Peter Robinson (creator of the DCI Banks novels), who said something along the lines of: "I just read so much of it, eventually I thought 'yeah - I have to try this'."

I love crime fiction. I don't think I would want to write it though - not in its purest form. If there's one sure way to kill something that you love, try doing it for a living.

Interesting show. I wonder if it's repeated sometime? I'd like to see it from the beginning.