When editor Susan Ryeland receives the long-awaited mystery manuscript featuring her author's famous detective, Atticus Pünd, she's faced with the unexpected — a whodunit without the ending. Determined to find the missing final chapter, Susan is plunged into a shocking mystery of her own, where stakes are high, suspects abound, and nothing is as it seems.
Adapted from Anthony Horowitz's bestselling novel by the author himself, Magpie Murders stars Lesley Manville (World on Fire, Phantom Thread, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) as editor turned amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and Tim McMullan (Patrick Melrose, Foyle’s War) as world-famous detective Atticus Pünd. A mystery-within-a-mystery, the solution to the beguiling MASTERPIECE series will both astonish and shock viewers.
Magpie Murders airs Fridays at 10 p.m., beginning November 4, on WSBE Rhode Island PBS, and is available to stream on Rhode Island PBS Passport.
Episode 1 - Friday, November 4 at 10 p.m.
A mystery author turns in the manuscript for his latest book, but the last chapter is missing. His editor investigates and is soon on the trail of a suspicious death.
Episode 2 - Friday, November 11 at 10 p.m.
Everyone he knew had reason to kill mystery author Alan Conway. But was his fatal fall actually murder? The missing last chapter of his new book may hold the secret.
Episode 3 - Friday, December 16 at 9 p.m.
Angling to sell his publishing firm and retire, Charles leans on Susan to take over as CEO. In a parallel story, the detective plot in Alan’s last novel unfolds.
Episode 4 - Friday, December 16 at 10 p.m.
The puzzle pieces of Alan’s death get more and more jumbled. At the same time, the plot of his new book and the lives of his acquaintances start to converge.
Episode 5 - Friday, December 23 at 10 p.m.
Susan’s sister and Andreas have unexpected connections to Alan. Meanwhile, Pünd wraps up his investigation, promising, “Very soon all will be made clear!”
Episode 6 - Friday, December 30 at 10 p.m.
Susan cracks her case—not without mishap—then accompanies Pünd as he lays out the solution to Alan’s final book, while magpies watch from above.
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