Netflix is about to lose 'one of the most fantastic crime-thrillers of modern times' — and fans of Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole need to stream it ASAP

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Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole has been in Netflix's top 10 most-watched TV show charts since its release on March 26, and it's not difficult to see why.

I'm someone who watches a great deal of grisly telly as part of the day job, and I can honestly say that I've never seen a crime drama as brutal, explicit, and vomit-worthy as this.

In fact, I'm surprised that Netflix decided to run with the shock-factor gauntlet as much as it did with Detective Hole. But considering it's hosted the first Harry Hole adaptation — 2017 movie The Snowman — for what feels like eons, perhaps I shouldn't be.

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