Magpie Murders is the perfect winter treat for crime buffs. The cast all give decent performances so it’s hard to single anyone out. Writer Anthony Horowitz adapts his own novel, and while this could be a challenge given that it’s two mysteries at once, from the opening frame the characters a fleshed out and it’s relatively easy to follow, but do pay attention. Ryeland is set to solve a double mystery – the truth behind Conway’s death, and the location of the manuscript missing the final chapter which might hold all the answers. When she finally gets her hands on Conway’s hotly-anticipated novel, she devours it, only to discover that the crucial final chapter isn’t included.īut the mystery only deepens when it’s revealed that Conway has been suspiciously murdered. A lover of books, Susan is at a book fair when we meet her upon her return from a romantic rendezvous with partner Andreas ( Alexandros Logothetis). This work is a murder combo that is both modern and contemporary that pays homage to Agatha Christie and the golden era of whodunnits. It’s here that we meet Susan Ryeland ( Lesley Manville), editor of Conway’s latest detective novel ‘Magpie Murders’. When Magpie Murders begins, we are introduced to best-selling mystery writer Alan Conway ( Conleth Hill), who is putting the finishing touches on his latest Detective Atticus Pünd ( Tim McMullan) novel for his publisher Clover Books, owned by Charles Clover ( Michael Maloney), which is on the verge of being sold. Today, Britbox unveils its next crime drama in the form of Magpie Murders. Bringing new life to the venerable tradition of Sunday Nights With the Brits on PBS, Magpie Murders might have been a presentation of Masterpiece Meta Mystery given how it toys with.
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