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MAGPIE MURDERS: MASTERPIECE PBS

Eleventh Hour Films, MASTERPIECE and BritBox UK have unveiled a selection of initial images from the upcoming adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s acclaimed and best-selling novel Magpie Murders, which wrapped production in London, Suffolk and Ireland last month. 

The plot to Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, played by Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread), an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript by best-selling mystery writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill, Game of Thrones) featuring Conway’s detective Atticus Pünd (Timothy McMullan, Patrick Melrose), and has little idea it will change her life. 

Further cast members include Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Des), Alexandros Logothetis (42°C, The Island), Claire Rushbrook (Whitechapel, My Mad Fat Diary), Matthew Beard (Dracula, And When Did You Last See Your Father?), Pippa Haywood (Bodyguard, Green Wing, Bridgerton) and Michael Maloney (The Crown, The Trial Of Christine Keeler). Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Magpie Murders is helmed by director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty, Military Wives, The A Word) and distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Television. 

Magpie Murders will premiere on MASTERPIECE PBS in 2022. MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by GBH Boston. 

 

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND REVIEWS: COLD CASE CRIME -- DEADLINE EXTENDED

DEADLINE EXTENDED: October 10, 2021

CALL FOR ARTICLES: Cold Case Mysteries:  

Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 37: 4)

The next issue of Mystery Readers Journal will focus on Cold Case Mysteries. We're still looking for Reviews, Articles, and Author! Author! essays.

Reviews: 50-250 words; Articles: 250-1000 words; Author! Author! essays: 500-1000 words.

Author Author! Essays are first person, about yourself, your books, and your unique take on "Cold Case Mysteries." Think of it as chatting with friends and other writers in the bar or cafe or on Zoom about your work and your 'Cold Case Mystery' connection. Add a title and 2-3 sentence bio/tagline.

Deadline: October 10, 2021

Here's a link to Mystery Readers Journal past themed issues.

Send to: Janet Rudolph, Editor. janet @ mysteryreaders.org

Please forward this request to anyone you think should be included.

Subscribe to Mystery Readers Journal. Themes in 2021 (Volume 37): History Mysteries 1; History Mysteries 2; Texas, and Cold Cases.