Published: January 29, 2025 -- The BBC has acquired Marble Hall Murders, an adaptation of the third and final instalment in best-selling novelist Anthony Horowitz's Susan Ryeland series (https://amzn.to/42y7q4o).

The follow-up from the acclaimed Moonflower Murders and Magpie Murders will be made by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Salt Films for PBS MASTERPIECE and the BBC. It is adapted by Anthony Horowitz and executive produced by Jill Green.

Marble Hall Murders will film in March in Dublin, Corfu, and London, and will see Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan reprise their roles. Also returning are Rebecca Gatward to direct and Suzanne McAuley as producer.

Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread) stars as Susan Ryeland, a book editor who all too often finds herself involved in baffling murders. Returning to England, she is reluctantly drawn into a new Atticus Pünd mystery, this time written by a new, young writer. “Pünd’s Last Case” is a story set in 1955, in an exotic villa in Corfu – but the identity of a real killer is hidden in the text, and once again Susan is going to find herself in grave danger.

Tim McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) plays Atticus Pünd, the literary detective who steps out of the books to help Susan unravel the real-life mystery of who killed Miriam Crace, the most famous children’s author in the world.

Moonflower Murders averaged 4.9m viewers across the series, making it one of the BBC's most watched acquired scripted series in 2024*.

Anthony Horowitz says: “I’m so happy to bring the team back – stars, director, producers, and crew – for a third instalment of what has been a fantastically successful TV series. I have a feeling this could be the best yet.”

Jill Green says: “Anthony has once again brought his unique and original perspective to the world of murder mystery. Marble Hall Murders completes the trilogy, and the scripts and lead actors are once again at the top of their game.”

Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: "We are so delighted that there is going to be another adaptation of the intricately plotted and brilliantly entertaining Susan Ryeland murder mystery series for BBC viewers to enjoy”.

Marble Hall Murders will be made by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Salt Films for PBS MASTERPIECE and the BBC

The drama is executive produced by Jill Green and Eleventh Hour Films and adapted by Anthony Horowitz and is distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television and PBS Distribution in North America.

*Source: BARB 4 Screens, As viewed, 28 days average audience