‘Nocturne’: First Images Teases Apple TV’s Crime Drama Based on Lars Kepler’s Novels!! Check It Out!!

For all of us who’ve been looking for a new crime series to obsess over, the good news is that we don’t have much longer to wait, as Apple TV has just led us into very dark territory with the first look at their new serial-killer thriller. The streamer has just given us a first look at Nocturne, a 10-episode drama that puts Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen Graham on opposite sides of a brutal manhunt — adapted from the internationally bestselling Lars Kepler novels Lazarus and The Sandman.

The new series follows Jonah Lynn (Schreiber), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who leaves Philadelphia behind in the hope of finding a quieter life in a small town in western Pennsylvania. However, since this is very much a crime thriller, that plan goes straight to hell in a handbasket. But when the town, and Jonah’s own family too, comes under attack from the diabolically clever serial killer, Jurek Walker (Graham), Jonah is unfortunately forced right back into the kind of nightmare he was hoping to desperately avoid. Soon, the search for Jurek’s final missing victim places Jonah’s surrogate daughter, FBI agent Saga Bauer (Beetz), directly in the killer’s path.

Who’s Involved in ‘Nocturne’ on Apple TV?

How do you beat a serial killer at his own game?

When the victim of a notorious killer unexpectedly turns up alive, a detective races against time to find the one person still missing, while his protégé goes undercover to get answers from the killer himself.

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Alongside Schreiber, Beetz, and Graham, the series also stars Bill Camp (The Night Of), Rory Culkin (Scream 4), Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Poorna Jagannathan (Never Have I Ever), and Gary Carr (Downton Abbey). The show is created for television by Rowan Joffe (Tin Star), with John Hlavin (Shooter) serving as showrunner. Tim Van Patten (Masters of the Air) directs the first two episodes and executive-produces.

The source material comes from Lars Kepler, the pen name of Swedish writing duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Their 10 crime novels have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, so if Nocturne catches on with viewers, then Apple TV will have an absolute treasure trove of grim, grisly misery to adapt in the years to come across future seasons. Nocturne is the latest in the crime thriller genre for Apple TV, but if the wait until October is too long, the streamer offers a wide range of similar prestige content, including Slow Horses, Cape Fear, and Presumed Innocent.