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

Michael Maloney

Tim McMullan

Matthew Beard

Dorothy Atkinson

Claire Rushbrook

Daniel Mays

Alexandros Logothetis

Anthony Horowitz

Peter Cattaneo

Magpie Murders: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

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Susan realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than coincidence.

Much to her horror, at the funeral of Alan Conway, Susan realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than mere coincidence.

As Susan and Charles attend the funeral of Alan Conway, his creation Atticus Pünd and his faithful secretary Fraser are also attending the funeral of Sir Magnus Pye. Much to Susan's horror, she realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than mere coincidence.

Magpie Murders: Series 1

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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.

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