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Confused about what's happening in which timeline of which book of the Susan Ryeland Mysteries like Marble Hall Murders? Or need a refresher on the relationships – romantic or rancorous – in The Forsytes? Check out our recaps of those shows and more: all of your favorite British series, dramas, and mysteries from Masterpiece and PBS, condensed into easily readable plot summaries. So when another season of All Creatures Great and Small or Call the Midwife rolls around, whether you’re streaming it via Passport or watching it on TV, you can quickly catch up and enjoy the show. Don’t forget the popcorn!


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'Magpie Murders' Recap: Episode 6

Susan finally figures out who killed Alan, which means that she also gets to learn who did it in his final book, at last! The journey to the mysteries' solutions is not without danger, disappointment, and mishap, however. 

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 2 Episode 6

Eliza and William confront an imminent major change in their relationship while Eliza tries to find out who tried to kill her rival detective, Patrick Nash, and ends up in danger herself. 

'Annika' Recap: Episode 5

Annika and Morgan are both keeping their love lives secret from each other, while Annika investigates the death of a man at his 30th anniversary party on his own boat. 

'Magpie Murders' Recap: Episode 5

Atticus Pünd follows a hunch and determines how Mary Blakiston died, while Susan thinks she has figured out who killed Alan Conway—and it's someone upsettingly close to her. 

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 2 Episode 5

When Eliza comes upon a murder scene arranged exactly like one in a novel by a popular mystery author, she convinces William to hire her as a consultant on the case. Meanwhile, William has a decision to make regarding his future. 

'Annika' Recap: Episode 4

An author was both popular and loathed because of her books, which gained an audience but created plenty of enemies. So Annika's team have lots of people to investigate when the author turns up dead.

'Magpie Murders' Recap: Episode 4

Charles needs Susan to decide whether she will take over Clover Books from him, as she continues to learn more about Alan's death—and the real-life dramas he incorporated into his final novel. 

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 2 Episode 4

Patrick Nash has come to see Eliza as a rival undercutting his business and so wants to hire her by any means necessary. But Eliza refuses, instead competing with Nash to solve a case before him and prove herself. 

'Annika' Recap: Episode 3

Annika turns to Michael for advice on her daughter as Morgan begins therapy, all while also investigating another murder, of the chemical analyst at a nonprofit fighting for contaminant-free water. 

'Magpie Murders' Recap: Episode 3

Atticus Pünd continues to investigate the death of Sir Magnus Pye and his housekeeper Mary Blakiston, who opposed her son Robert's marriage to Joy Sanderling: a possible motive for murder? Susan continues looking for the final chapter of the mystery.

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 2 Episode 3

William and Moses reluctantly work together when Eliza comes under suspicion of a series of break-ins at the city mortuaries and has to go into hiding. Ivy also helps out Moses, while Eliza finds a new helpful accomplice. 

'Annika' Recap: Episode 2

Morgan begins to think she is cursed because bad things keep happening to people around her, as she joins Annika and her team in investigating the murder of a teacher from a remote island with Viking history.

'Magpie Murders' Recap: Episode 2

When a second death occurs in Saxby-on-Avon, Atticus Pünd decides to investigate. Meanwhile, outside the world of the novel, Susan searches for the final chapter of Magpie Murders and begins to suspect Alan's death wasn't a suicide. 

'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' Recap: Season 2 Episode 2

Eliza is hired to investigate the theft of a sketch by Charles Darwin from a natural history museum, but she eventually discovers that the case is much more of a puzzle than it initially appears. 

'Annika' Recap: Episode 1

Annika Strandhed is the head of a new Marine Homicide Unit in Glasgow that starts its work early when a body is found in the water with a harpoon through its head. Plus, Annika must help her daughter acclimate to a new life.