Moonflower Murders

Synopsis

Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?

First Air Date: 2024-11-16

Last Air Date: 2024-12-14

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Anthony Horowitz

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland
Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd
Alexandros Logothetis as Andreas Pataki
Daniel Mays as Locke / Chubb
Conleth Hill as Alan Conway
Mark Gatiss as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Rosalie Craig as Lisa Treherne / Melissa James
Pippa Bennett-Warner as Madeline Cain
Adrian Rawlins as Lawrence Treherne / Lance Gardner
Pooky Quesnel as Pauline Treherne / Maureen Gardner

Seasons

Miniseries (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2024-11-16)

Former book editor Susan Ryeland is in Crete, running a struggling hotel with her partner Andreas when a couple arrive and ask Susan for help finding their missing daughter. They believe her disappearance is connected to a murder which happened at their own hotel in England as well as the Alan Conway novel that was inspired by the case.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2024-11-16)

Susan checks into the Treherne's hotel and meets Lisa, Cecily's sister and Aiden, Cecily's husband. As she investigates she learns more from the hotel night manage and spa manager, both of whom indicate that former employee Stefan was correctly found guilty in the murder of Frank Parris.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2024-11-23)

Susan decides to go to London to investigate what Alan Conway knew about the Frank Parris murder. DS Locke catches up with Susan and warns her to stay away from the case.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2024-11-30)

Susan meets with Alan's ex-partner, who tells her that Alan knew Frank quite well. He also tells Susan that Frank had a relationship with a sex worker named Leo which could be a clue.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2024-12-07)

The Endicotts reveal that Martin Webster had a motive to kill Cecily. Liam Corby tells Susan that that he knows a secret of Lisa's. Susan's sister reminds her that Andreas loves her, and what a good pair they make.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2024-12-14)

Susan and Andreas visit Stefan in prison. With help from Pünd, Susan puts the pieces together to solve the cases of both Frank Parris and Cecily.