Magpie Murders season 2: Release date speculation for Moonflower Murders
Will Lesley Manville and Timothy McMullen be back for another mystery?
Magpie Murders has been renewed for season 2 (woohoo!), with the second instalment titled Moonflower Murders.
Producer Jill Green has praised the "stellar cast and ingenious storylines", adding: "They are a truly distinctive and entertaining take on the murder mystery genre."
While author Anthony Horowitz said he had "such fun writing the scripts, and they've been brought to life by a brilliant director and cast".
The series has been adapted from Horowitz's best-selling book and will both "astonish and shock viewers", according to US broadcaster Masterpiece.
But who's returning for round two? And what, exactly, can you expect?
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Read on for everything you need to know about Magpie Murders season 2.
Moonflower Murders release date: When will it air?
Moonflower Murders arrives in the US on Sunday 15th September at 9pm ET / 6pm PT on PBS Masterpiece.
There's currently no UK release date. The show airs on the BBC on this side of the pond.
Moonflower Murders cast - who's returning?
Lesley Manville returns as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland alongside Timothy McMullan as fictional detective Atticus Pünd.
Other returning cast members include:
- Alexandros Logothetis as Andreas
- Daniel Mays as Locke/Chubb
- Claire Rushbrook as Kate
- Conleth Hill as Alan Conway
- Matthew Beard as James
- Sanjeev Kohli as Sajid Khan
The new cast is as follows:
- 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
- Adrian Rawlins (Mary & George, Slow Horses) as Lawrence/Lance
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Moonflower Murders plot: What's it about?
"There are lots of surprises in the second book, including something I've never done before in a murder mystery," said Horowitz. "It's going to be great fun."
In season 2, "Susan Ryeland's idyll in Crete", where she's living with her boyfriend Andreas, is "disturbed" when a murder committed eight years ago at a British country hotel rears its head.
"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?"
Moonflower Murders trailer: When can I watch it?
Right now.
Watch the thrilling trailer below.
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