description Magpie Murders Overview
Magpie Murders is a 2016 mystery novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and the first book centered on editor Susan Ryeland. Its narrative contains a nearly complete manuscript featuring fictional detective Atticus Pünd, framed by Ryeland's investigation into the death of the manuscript's author. The nested structure combines a Golden Age-style village mystery with a contemporary publishing-world murder case.
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Why does Magpie Murders contain an Atticus Pund novel inside the novel?
Editor Susan Ryeland is reading author Alan Conway's latest Atticus Pünd manuscript when she discovers that its ending is missing. The fictional village mystery supplies clues that may explain Conway's death in Susan's real world.
Who is Atticus Pund?
Atticus Pünd is Alan Conway's fictional German detective, deliberately written in the tradition of Golden Age investigators such as Hercule Poirot. His case at Pye Hall forms the inner mystery of Anthony Horowitz's novel.
Does Magpie Murders have a sequel?
Yes. Susan Ryeland returns in Moonflower Murders, another nested mystery involving an Atticus Pünd novel and a present-day disappearance.
Was Magpie Murders adapted for television?
Yes. Anthony Horowitz adapted the novel as a television series starring Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland and Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd.
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