THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB: Season 3 News

Mark your calendars! The Marlow Murder Club returns to MASTERPIECE Mystery! for Season 3 on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, on MASTERPIECE on PBS. In Season 3, Judith Potts (Samantha Bond), Suzie Harris (Jo Martin), Becks Starling (Cara Horgan), and DI Tanika Malik (Natalie Dew) all return to solve a string of high-profile murders including that of the mayor and a popular chef. Seasons 1 & 2 of the series are available to stream via PBS and PBS MASTERPIECE on Prime Video.

I've watched the first two episodes, and they're terrific. I love this series, and the first two episodes (one story) involve a poison garden. Well, that's right up my alley. As many of you know I have a great garden, divided into individual patches. Although I used to have a designated poison garden, I now have only some poisonous plants incorporated into my other garden plots.  Still, I loved seeing a dedicated poison garden, replete with signage. So beautiful--and deadly. And, not a secret, but fun was the guest appearance of Peter Davidson. Such fun! Everything about The Marlow Murder Club appeals to me--the acting, the setting, the house, the river, the gardens. Mark your calendar for September 6!

Season 3: Returning to solve more complex and intriguing murders in Marlow are meticulous crossword-setter Judith Potts (Samantha Bond), pillar of the community and vicar’s wife Becks Starling (Cara Horgan), and no-nonsense dog walker Suzie Harris (Jo Martin). Working tirelessly alongside DI Tanika Malik (Natalie Dew) and her police team, our crime-solving trio put their unconventional methods into practice to catch the killers in six new episodes. There will be three two-part stories.

 

The Marlow Murder Club: Season 3 News.

The Marlow Murder Club, Season 3. Season 2  just wrapped on PBS, and it's been confirmed that Judith (Samantha Bond), Suzie (Jo Martin), and Becks (Cara Horgan) will be back for a third season. 

Filming has been completed, and the show will return in 2026 with six new episodes featuring three new murder cases in their quiet English riverside town. This time, the trio’s unconventional sleuthing will bring them face to face with the sudden death of Marlow’s mayor, a celebrity chef found dead at a cookbook launch, and a university reunion in a spooky manor house where Becks unexpectedly becomes one of the suspects. 

Natalie Dew will also return as DI Tanika Malik, joined by guest stars including Nigel Harman, Peter Davison, Harry Enfield, and Adrian Lukis. Look for lots of new well-known guests.

Seasons 1 and 2 are available on PBS and Masterpiece PBS streaming on Prime.

From Robert Thorogood, creator of the hit TV series Death in Paradise, The Marlow Murder Club is a lighthearted cozy mystery set in the small but affluent British town of Marlow. It’s the story of three unlikely amateur sleuths who come together to tackle some puzzling mysteries in Marlow with wit and humor. 

Read the books by Robert Thorogood. Here's a PBS Book Talk with Robert Thorogood.

The Marlow Murder Club TV Series: PBS

8/20/24: You're going to love The Marlow Murder Club on PBS Masterpiece Mystery! It's fabulous! Great acting, wonderful tight plot line, stunning setting. It has it all. Just what I love in a British mystery! Thank you, Masterpiece Mystery! I just binged all 4 episodes! Lucky Me! What terrific viewing! The Marlow Murder Club is adapted by Robert Thorogood from his novel The Marlow Murder Club. Watch on Masterpiece on PBS broadcast, streaming at PBS.org, the PBS app, and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, premiering October 27, 2024 at 9/8c

Robert Thorogood is also the creator of Death in Paradise, another great British mystery hit! The Marlow Murder Club series stars Samantha Bond who is joined by Jo Martin, Cara Horgan, and Natalie Dew. Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Home Fires) takes the lead as Judith Potts, alongside Jo Martin (Doctor Who, Back to Life) as Suzie Harris, Cara Horgan (The Sandman, Traitors) as Becks Starling, and Natalie Dew (Sandylands, The Capture) as DS Tanika Malik. Steve Barron (The Durrells in Corfu, Mrs Sidhu Investigates) directs. Airing in four parts on MASTERPIECE in the US, the series is a UKTV co-production with MASTERPIECE on PBS, produced by Monumental Television in association with ITV Studios.

Robert Thorogood said: “After over a decade of working on Death in Paradise, I’m thrilled to be creating a brand-new murder mystery series for TV. I can’t wait for audiences to join Judith, Becks, and Suzie on their adventures as they solve a series of fiendishly puzzling murders.”

Susanne Simpson, MASTERPIECE executive producer, added: “The Marlow Murder Club is exactly the kind of show that our MASTERPIECE Mystery! viewers will love. We’re thrilled to be working with Samantha Bond again and to partner with Monumental Television on this exciting new series.”

The Plot:

Retired archaeologist Judith Potts (Bond) lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow, filling her time by setting crosswords for the local paper. During one of her regular nude swims in the Thames, Judith hears a gunshot coming from a neighbor’s garden and believes a brutal murder has taken place. When the police are reluctant to believe her story, Judith finds herself forming an unlikely friendship with local dog-walker and empty-nester Suzie (Martin) and unfulfilled vicar’s wife Becks (Horgan) as they start an investigation of their own. Eventually asked to assist with the official police investigation, headed by newly promoted Tanika (Dew), the women must piece together clues, grill suspect witnesses, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop the killer in their tracks.

Here's the Trailer. 

Mark your Calendar for The Marlow Murder Club premiering October 27 on Masterpiece Mystery! In the meantime, read the Marlow Murder Club mystery series by Robert Thorogood: The Marlow Murder Club (2021); Death Comes to Marlow (2023), The Queen of Poisons (2024); Murder on the Marlow Belle (2025)

The Marlow Murder Club TV News!

I'm really looking forward to this production. 

MASTERPIECE Mystery! today announced that The Marlow Murder Club, adapted by author Robert Thorogood, will premiere on PBS Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 9/8c. Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew star in The Marlow Murder Club. And, great news, The Marlow Murder Club has already been renewed for a second season!

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THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB: Mystery TV on Masterpiece PBS

MASTERPIECE has announced the co-commissioning of the TV adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s hit novel The Marlow Murder Club, alongwith UKTV. Airing in four parts on PBS, the series will star Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Home Fires) who is joined by Jo Martin (Doctor Who,Back to Life), Cara Horgan (The Sandman, Traitors) and Natalie Dew (Sandylands, The Capture).

 

The story follows retired archaeologist Judith Potts (Bond) who lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow. During one of her regular wild swims in the Thames, she hears a gunshot coming from a neighbor’s garden and believes a brutal murder has taken place. When the police are reluctant to believe her story, she finds herself forming an unlikely friendship with local dog-walker and empty-nester Suzie (Martin) and unfulfilled vicar’s wife Becks (Horgan) as they start an investigation of their own.

Stay tuned for more news!!

 

Death in Paradise: The Books

One of my favorite TV series, Death in Paradise,  began its third season in the UK this week --with a major change. Not sure how I'll feel about that when we get to see it here in the U.S. However, Book2Book brings news of a publishing deal.

MIRA, Harlequin (UK) Ltd's commercial fiction imprint, today announces that it has won the rights to three crime novels by 'Death in Paradise' creator Robert Thorogood. 

The three novels will take inspiration from the hit BBC show but will be original stories and will feature Richard Poole as the lead protagonist amongst other show favourites. 

'Death in Paradise' is a clever, witty murder-mystery drama set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie. The first two series followed the investigations of uptight Met police officer Richard Poole, played by Ben Miller, who first arrived to investigate the murder of his colleague and ended up staying on the idyllic – if slightly dangerous – island. 

The third series kicked off with a bang on Tuesday 14th January when Poole left the series and new detective DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) arrived to replace him. 

Thorogood says, "I've been a passionate reader of murder mysteries my whole life, and in many respects 'Death in Paradise' has always been my homage to the queen of the genre, Agatha Christie. As the TV show evolves I am thrilled that MIRA are letting me bring Richard and Camille back together again. I can't wait to see them once more outwitting the very many murderers that live on Saint-Marie." 

Harlequin will publish the first novel in hardback in January 2015, with the paperback edition following in June 2015.

HT: Karen Meek, Euro Crime