Magpie Murders
Created by Anthony Horowitz, Peter Cattaneo, Anna Valdez Hanks
On BritBox
A literary mystery that weaves parallel narratives of a book editor drawn into a real murder through an unfinished manuscript, balancing intellectual puzzle-solving with genuine suspense.
An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.
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