Clever transitions bridge the two worlds while linking Susan and Pünd, and period costumes help to clarify which world the story is following in each scene. It sounds like a lot to keep track of, but that’s where Horowitz and Cattaneo shine. As a result, viewers get the larger-than-life detective who is smarter than everyone else in the room, while the main protagonist serves as the gin-guzzling everywoman just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Part of the brilliance of the story is that as each fictional character evolves, the motives for the present-day characters shift, pulling together a tapestry of stories that keep you guessing at every turn. That’s because Alan based these fictional figures on people in his own life, typically in unflattering ways. Pünd (Tim McMullan, “Patrick Melrose”) is the Poirot-like figure heading up the investigation, while other characters are often played by the same actors from the present-day story.
From the scorned boyfriend and the angry sister, to the man who claims Alan plagiarized his works and a missing secretary, each of the six episodes lines up the suspects until the dramatic conclusion.Īt the same time, these episodes also unfold the secondary “Magpie Murders” whodunnit, bringing the manuscript’s chapters to life in separate scenes. There’s no shortage of characters to accuse, either.
So she launches an unofficial investigation while hunting for the missing chapter-the last in a blockbuster series of novels about the fictional detective Atticus Pünd. In the present day, Alan’s editor Susan ( Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”) isn’t convinced her author’s death was an accident.
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