Q: Any chance of a continuation of “Magpie Murders” or “Moonflower Murders” on PBS? Lesley Manville is terrific.
A: Maybe — to the continuation question, not to your appraisal of Manville.
For those of you tuning in late, both productions are based on novels by Anthony Horowitz, with their main character a mystery-solving editor named Susan Ryeland, played by Manville.
They are complex tales, says Telly Vision’s Marni Cerise: “Ryeland must use the 1955 fictional world of private detective Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullen) and the murders he attempts to solve to illuminate clues and investigate mysteries in her present-day, real world. Making things more interesting, Susan interacts with Pünd; he appears in her life to help her think through each puzzle. They have rich exchanges and a meaningful friendship, despite his imagined existence.”
Horowitz has completed a third book, “Marble Hall Murders,” which is set for publication early next year. Horowitz told Cerise last month that a “Marble Hall” series will depend on the success of the TV version of “Moonflower.”
‘Winds’ picking up
Q: Please tell me that “Dark Winds” will be returning.
A: I mentioned some time back that the series will be back for a third season, and now we have an air date: March 9, 2025, on AMC and AMC+. (The first two seasons are on Netflix and AMC+). The third season will have eight episodes, an expansion from the six episodes in each of the previous seasons.
Changing addresses
Q: I’m wondering if “Law & Order: Organized Crime” is coming back to NBC soon.
