8.244 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestSusan is put under more pressure by Charles, who tells her that he has approached someone else for the CEO job at Clover Books, but she is seemingly no closer to finding the missing chapter. Atticus Pünd is confident that he has at last discovered the identity of the Saxby on Avon murderer.
An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.
Acting
Lesley Manville's exasperated brilliance anchors both timelines.
Writing
Horowitz adapts his own novel with delicious self-awareness.
Production
Seamless visual distinction between dreary London and golden Saxby-on-Avon.
Creator
Anthony Horowitz
Lesley Manville
Susan Ryeland
Tim McMullan
Atticus Pünd
Nia Deacon
Joy Sanderling
Conleth Hill
Alan Conway
Daniel Mays
Locke / Chubb
Alexandros Logothetis
Andreas Pataki
Harry Lawtey
Robert Blackiston
Matthew Beard
James Taylor / Fraser
Dorothy Atkinson
Lady Frances Pye
Claire Rushbrook
Katie Williams
Pippa Haywood
Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye
Michael Maloney
Charles Clover
Sanjeev Kohli
Sajid Khan / Dr Kamal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anthony Horowitz wrote the Magpie Murders novel after a real editor suggested he kill off his detective—he made the entire plot about authorial spite.
The series mirrors its own structure: just as Susan must solve Conway's death by finishing his book, viewers must solve both mysteries simultaneously—Horowitz is literally taunting us with form.
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