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A First Look at 'Marble Hall Murders'

Daniel Hautzinger
Susan Ryeland looks at Atticus Pünd in a forest
Susan Ryeland and Atticus Pünd are back for a final mystery. Credit: Masterpiece

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Susan Ryeland and Atticus Pünd are back for a third and final time, in Marble Hall Murders. Like Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, the latest is an adaptation of a novel by Anthony Horowitz – and features a novel within it. 

In Marble Hall Murders, Susan Ryeland is hired to work on a new Atticus Pünd novel written by a young writer after the death of the detective series' original author, Alan Conway, in Magpie Murders. In that continuation novel, Atticus Pünd travels to Corfu to investigate the murder of an aristocrat, while a real-life murder has clues within the novel – and ends up with Susan as a suspect.

In addition to the return of Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland and Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd, Marble Hall Murders will feature a number of familiar faces, including Mark Bonnar (Guilt), Patricia Hodge (All Creatures Great and Small), and Harry Lloyd (Wolf Hall).

Marble Hall Murders will premiere on WTTW, PBS, and the PBS app on Sunday, September 6, along with a new season of The Marlow Murder Club.

While you wait for more information and the show, you can catch up on both Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders with our recaps, while WTTW Passport members can stream them via the PBS app. 

See photos from the filming of Marble Hall Murders below.

Susan Ryeland holds an envelope and her coat in an office
Lesley Manville is back as Susan Ryeland. Credit: Masterpiece
Atticus bends forward towards a boy in a Western cowboy costume while a general in an eyepatch looks on outside
Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd; Zubin Varla plays both Frederick Turner and Achilles Vassilikos; Phoenix Laroche plays both Young Eliot Crace and Cedric Chalfont. Credit: Masterpiece
Patricia Hodge bends forward in her chair while sitting at a dinner table
Patricia Hodge plays both Miriam Crace and Lady Margaret Chalfont. Credit: Masterpiece
Mark Bonnar stands in a tan three-piece suit with a bowtie on a patio
Mark Bonnar plays both Edward Crace and Elmer Waysmith. Credit: Masterpiece
Susan walks on a gravel drive near a teapot-shaped topiary
Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland. Credit: Masterpiece