Magpie Murders (TV Series) Episode #1.3 (2022) User Reviews

The trail hurts.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 15 March 2022]

Susan continues to dig away, but so focused on the book, her personal life suffers as a result.

Good that we learn more about Susan and her past, Manville is great. I continue to love the quirky story, and the mix of reality and abstract. It's such an original format, so very watchable.

I could have done with seeing more of Atticus Pünd, I absolutely love the character, and Tim McMullan is just awesome (he always is!)

Right now it could go either way, but it feels as if someone in particular is trying to get Susan out of the way.....

So good, 8/10.

Episode 3

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 17 April 2023]

I do like how Anthony Horowitz is playing around with the crime genre, even poking fun at it. It was all part of his original novel.

There are references to Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie stories. Atticus Pünd's own investigations very much reflects it. As he delves into the personal lives and motives regarding the murder of local landowner Sir Magnus Pye.

Atticus Pünd tells Susan Ryeland to look at events in order when it comes to the death of Alan Conway. Maybe that will lead to the missing manuscript

Later another person emerges who tells Susan that Alan Conway had stole his ideas for his latest book.

Meanwhile Susan is also under pressure to accept the CEO role at the publisher. While her boyfriend wants them both to move away to Crete and start a new life to run a hotel.

So far the series has been enjoyable, well acted by Lesley Manville. To me it is fun but lacks the flair of something like modern day Sherlock series, that also played around the Holmes stories and the crime genre. It needs to go up a gear or two.