Moonflower Murders Trailer, Air Date, Cast, Plot & More

The devilishly delightful Moonflower Murders, starring Lesley Manville, picks up where literary whodunit Magpie Murders left off. Watch the trailer and find out about the cast, plot, episodes, and how to watch the Anthony Horowitz-penned mystery-within-a-mystery.


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    What is Moonflower Murders?

    Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) in Moonflower Murders
    Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan)

    The second of Anthony Horowitz’s adaptation of his own bestselling Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd series, Moonflower Murders picks up in the aftermath of Magpie Murder’s riveting finale, as book editor-turned-sleuth (turned hotelier) Susan Ryeland is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway, Susan’s prima donna former author, visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there—a novel that later led Cecily Treherne, who helps run the hotel, to believe that the wrong man is behind bars. Now Cecily has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it’s too late?

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    How to Watch Moonflower Murders

    Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) in Moonflower Murders

    Come for the Grecian sunshine and stay for the murder! Moonflower Murders aired Sundays from September 15 through October 20, 2024, on MASTERPIECE on PBS. Stream all six episodes of Moonflower Murders (and Magpie Murders) when you watch with PBS Passport (an added member benefit).

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    Who’s in the Moonflower Murders Cast?

    Moonflower Murders characters Parris/Berlin (Mark Gatiss), Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Lisa/Melissa (Rosalie Craig) in a split image
    Mark Gatiss, Lesley Manville, and Rosalie Craig in Moonflower Murders as seen on MASTERPIECE

    Returning to their Magpie Murders lead roles are Lesley Manville (World on Fire, The Crown, Phantom Thread) as smart and feisty amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd. Viewers will recognize, returning to their single or dual roles, Alexandros Logothetis as Andreas, Daniel Mays (Franklin) as Locke/Chubb, Claire Rushbrook (Home Fires) as Kate, Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones) as Alan Conway, Matthew Beard (Funny Woman, Vienna Blood) as James, and Sanjeev Kohli as Sajid Khan.

    New cast members include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Nolly) as Parris/Berlin, Rosalie Craig (Anatomy of a Scandal, The Queen’s Gambit) as Lisa/Melissa, Pippa Bennett-Warner (Roadkill, Gangs of London) as Madeline, and Adrian Rawlins (Mary & George, Slow Horses) as Lawrence/Lance.

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    Watch the Moonflower Murders Trailer

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