Magpie Murders

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Drama: Crime

The editor of a top crime writer is drawn into her own mystery when he is found dead.

It all starts with the end. Two baffling deaths: one in a book, one in real life. Anthony Horowitz's mind-bending murder mystery, starring Lesley Manville as a determined sleuth.

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Lesley Manville

Conleth Hill

Tim McMullan

Michael Maloney

Alexandros Logothetis

Claire Rushbrook

Daniel Mays

Matthew Beard

Anthony Horowitz

Peter Cattaneo

Magpie Murders: Series 1: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC One - Magpie Murders, Series 1, Episode 1

Susan Ryeland, the editor of best-selling crime writer Alan Conway, is drawn into her own mystery when Conway is found dead and the last chapter of his new manuscript missing.

Editor Susan Ryeland is eagerly awaiting the manuscript from Clover Books' number one best-selling author Alan Conway, whose hero Atticus Pünd regularly solves murder mysteries in the fictional village of Saxby on Avon. Susan is drawn into her own mystery when she and her boss realise that the final chapter is missing and Conway is found dead in his shrubbery.

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