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- PBS
- Feb 10, 2022
- PBS
- Feb 10, 2022
Summary Book editor Susan Ryeland's (Leslie Manville) search for the missing final chapter to an unfinished mystery manuscript leads to a real murder case in this adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's novel of the same name. [Premiered originally in the UK on BritBox on 10 Feb 2022 and in the US as a part of PBS' Masterpiece on 16 Oct 2022]
- PBS
- Feb 10, 2022
- PBS
- Feb 10, 2022
Summary Book editor Susan Ryeland's (Leslie Manville) search for the missing final chapter to an unfinished mystery manuscript leads to a real murder case in this adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's novel of the same name. [Premiered originally in the UK on BritBox on 10 Feb 2022 and in the US as a part of PBS' Masterpiece on 16 Oct 2022]
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It is extremely good. Stars Lesley Manville, Conleth Hill, and Tim McMullan are compelling in their respective roles as crime editor-turned-chance sleuth Susan Ryeland, her nightmare star author-turned-murder victim Alan Conway, and the coolly meticulous post-war detective Atticus Pünd at the heart of Conway’s award-winning whodunnit series.
It’s a tightly plotted, handsomely presented, smartly acted, entirely enjoyable and structurally unusual piece.
Mr. Horowitz and director Peter Cattaneo have constructed both an engaging mystery and a clever sendup of the literary universe they're invading.
It’s easy to watch, not least of all thanks to the always engaging Manville and a game cast, some of whom appear in both time frames. It’s good, twisty fun.
Occasionally it is maddening, but there is true satisfaction in watching the pieces of Horowitz’s puzzle click into place. ... Submit yourself to all of the tongue-in-cheek genre tomfoolery, however, and it’s a terrific series with enough in-jokes to keep any armchair detective happy.
While at times the show-within-a-show can grow a bit tired, Magpie Murders is a very enjoyable murder mystery with enough revelations and twists to keep you guessing until the end.
If The Masterpiece Mystery! TV version lacks some of the book's formal brilliance and literary showmanship, it's still a superior brainteaser. [10 - 23 Oct 2022, p.4]
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