I’ve enjoyed the PBS Susan Ryeland / Atticus Pünd Series--Magpie Murders (see my review here) and Moonflower Murders (see my review here). It looks like Marble Hall Murders will conclude the series and complete the trilogy.
Like the first two novels, Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, Marble Hall Murders runs on two tracks: Susan Ryeland investigating suspicious deaths, and fictional detective, Atticus Pund, investigating the poisoning of a wealth matriarch. The story within a story format might annoy some viewers especially when Ryeland speaks to the fictional Pund.
I’ve read Anthony Horowitz’s novel that this series is based on. Horowitz also wrote the screenplay for all six episodes. I’ve watched three of the six episodes and I’m enjoying what I’m seeing. GRADE: Incomplete but trending towards a B+
Thanks for the pointer! I’ve been slowly taking on various UK and related imports picked up by PBS and public syndicators such as Walter Presents (though the more I look at Walter Presents, it seems to act less like a syndicator such as American Public Television or NETA or BBC America, and more like a packager directly for the likes of PBS and the UK’s Channel 4).
Meh.
We didn’t love the first one and couldn’t get interested enough to watch the others. But then, I just couldn’t get into the books either. I felt like it was something I really should like, but…I just couldn’t care. And I love Lesley Manville in general.
My favorite Horowitz writing remains FOYLE’S WAR.
I’ve watched the one set in Greece and it was ok. I’ll keep watching but think possibly I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the books