Episode Description:
Join PBS Books in conversation with award-winning novelist and screenwriter, Anthony Horowitz to discuss MASTERPIECE Mystery!, Moonflower Murders. This new six-part series sequel continues where the smash hit Magpie Murders left off with editor turned amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland (Manville) and world-famous fictional detective Atticus Pünd (McMullan). Learn fun insights directly from Anthony Horowitz prior to the release of the PBS show!
Moonflower Murders premieres Sunday, September 15th at 9 PM ET | 8PM CT
Before you watch Moonflower Murders, go behind the story of the hit series Magpie Murders on PBS Books! You can watch the full series on the PBS App with your Passport subscription.
About the Show:
The second of Anthony Horowitz’s adaptation of his own bestselling Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd series, Moonflower Murders picks up in the aftermath of Magpie Murder’s riveting finale, as book editor-turned-sleuth (turned hotelier) Susan Ryeland is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway, Susan’s prima donna former author, visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there—a novel that later led Cecily Treherne, who helps run the hotel, to believe that the wrong man is behind bars. Now Cecily has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it’s too late?
Guest Biography:
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media.
Anthony’s award-winning novel Magpie Murders was published in 2016 to critical acclaim and he adapted it himself for the screen. It aired on MASTERPIECE Mystery! in 2023 with Lesley Manville in the lead role. The sequel, Moonflower Murders will premiere on MASTERPIECE beginning September 15, 2024 and Leslie Manville is back to reprise her role as editor Susan Ryland.
