![]() ![]() Horowitz credits producer Jill Green for her advice to "bring Susan Ryeland right up front, because in the book she doesn't appear for 300 pages. Each mystery mirrors events in the other story, with actors playing dual roles, a different version of a character in each timeline. ![]() Instead, PBS' adaptation weaves together both stories, shifting from present-day to the 1950s fiction story and back again. That also means that Susan Ryeland's character isn't really introduced until halfway through the original novel, an unacceptable use of the character once Manville was cast in the series. Only when that story ends without being solved, does Horowitz switch to Susan Ryeland's real-world point of view as she tries to ascertain Alan's state of mind before his death while also seeking the missing chapter.Įssentially, it's one full mystery followed by another, creating quite a bit of whiplash. Originally, Horowitz told the story in two chunks, starting inside Alan Conway's novel, a 1950s-set mystery in which the fictional detective Atticus Pünd solves the murder of a wealthy land owner. "Magpie Murders" is the six-part series based on Anthony Horowitz's best-selling novel, which he also adapted for PBS' "Masterpiece," making major structural changes to liven up the television-viewing experience. The cozy "Maltese Falcon": How "Murder, She Wrote" reinvented mysteries forever ![]()
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