Moonflower Murders - General Discussion

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Editor Susan Ryeland is tasked with finding the solution to a real-life cold case hidden within one of Alan Conway's early Atticus Pünd novels.

Air date: 2024 MASTERPIECE on PBS

[Driad]

Air date September 15 on PBS.  Trailer, Cast, etc.

[AnimeMania]

Moonflower Murders  September 15, 2024   Masterpiece on PBS   9pm

Moonflower Murders is the follow up to Magpie Murders, which was watched by more than 5.5 million viewers and streamed over 3.1 million times. Moonflower Murders is based on a 2020 Novel by Anthony Horowitz.

Susan has left the cut-throat world of publishing and is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend, Andreas. She ends up returning to London when she is asked to investigate a mystery relating to Alan Conway, the author of the best-selling Atticus Pünd mysteries, whose death changed her life in Magpie Murders.

When Susan Ryeland's idyll in Crete is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed eight years ago, can she uncover the secret hidden in Alan Conway’s book before it's too late? 

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[ceecee]

It's getting close!

[sugarbaker design]

16 minutes ago, ceecee said:

It's getting close!

Sunday September 15, 2024 in my market!

[AnimeMania]

Moonflower Murders    September 15, 2024     PBS     9 pm    6 episodes

Susan Ryeland has left the publishing business and is now running a small hotel in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. A book that Susan helped publish 8 years ago, Alan Conway's novel “Atticus Pünd Takes The Case” about an ex-actress, Melissa James, who was strangled to death in the picturesque village of Tooley in the county of Devonshire, in 1954, seems to hold the key to proving that the murder the book is based on, sent the wrong person to prison and a young female hotel clerk, Cecily Treherne, who read the novel and realized this, has now turned up missing. Cecily's parents offer 10,000 pounds to Susan Ryeland go to their hotel and find Cecily.

Many of the actors have a dual role as the characters in the present day mystery and the characters in the novel.

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MOONFLOWER MURDERS team on why the Masterpiece mystery is unlike anything else on TV | TV Insider

 

[sempervivum]

I'm having the same problem with this one as I did with 'Magpie'- I keep losing track of who's who/reality or fiction, and trying to remember each story line. I admit I'm usually doing dinner cleanup during this show, though.

I do love watching for the fashion/clothing, interiors and scenery.

 

[sugarbaker design]

22 minutes ago, sempervivum said:

I admit I'm usually doing dinner cleanup during this show, though.

I know for myself, Moonflower Murders needs my undivided attention.

[surfgirl]

On 10/7/2024 at 9:45 AM, sugarbaker design said:

I know for myself, Moonflower Murders needs my undivided attention.

Absolutely 💯! I cannot surf my phone and watch this show, it requires too much attention.

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On 10/7/2024 at 12:45 PM, sugarbaker design said:

I know for myself, Moonflower Murders needs my undivided attention.

Even with my undivided attention I am perpetually confused.  This will definitely need a rewatch to try and sort things out.  Three different time periods as once is too much for my small brain to handle.

[HappyHanna]

Having just read the book,  any reasons why they changed so many [minor?] things (name of Melissa's husband, Cecily's dog,  Cecily threw a glass vs knife, why Melissa stayed in England, etc)? 

Edited December 12, 2024 by HappyHanna

[sugarbaker design]

11 hours ago, HappyHanna said:

Having just read the book,  any reasons why they changed so many [minor?] things (name of Melissa's husband, Cecily's dog,  Cecily threw a glass vs knife, why Melissa stayed in England, etc)? 

Only Anthony Horowitz knows, he wrote the book and the screenplay.

One more difference, Cecily's killer was much more callous and unrepentant in the book.