After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel | NPR Best Book of the Year | Washington Post Best Book of the Year | Esquire Best Book of the Yearįrom the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. "A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." -Janet Maslin, New York Times And that alarming detail might just be the key to solving Conway's murder, along with the case of the missing chapter.Don’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! There is also revelation of a pivotal aspect of the novel wherein the author made the residents of the surrounding town into actual characters in his book.
In it, Susan is haunted by the image of Atticus, the fictional detective who haunts the very real mystery behind his creator's death. The new trailer for the series gives audiences a first-hand look at this mystery within a mystery.
This complication might be enough to raise a few questions for Susan, but when she finds that Conway has died mysteriously, she decides to take up the task of solving both the mystery behind his death and the missing chapter. There's only one problem: the final chapter is missing. As his eager fans await his latest novel, Susan takes on the task of proofreading his latest book's draft to prepare it for publication. Conway is a beloved author whose character, Arthur Pünd, is a persnickety detective whose many investigations are the basis for his book series. Magpie Murders follows the story of Susan Ryeland, the editor for mystery author Alan Conway.
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