Veteran MASTERPIECE screenwriter Anthony Horowitz is back with an adaptation of one of his own original novels. Magpie Murders has a plot inside a plot scenario based on a famous mystery author dying before he could complete his latest novel. Whodunit? We’ll find out over the next few weeks, but for now, let’s discuss who’s involved in the mystery.

Reader, I can’t tell you how excited I am that we’re finally about to enjoy season two of Miss Scarlet and The Duke! Season one had exactly the right mix…

After the stress of last week’s episode, it’s initially a relief that this one seems to be off to a more relaxing start. A young woman leaves a high rise…

Ok so: last week we got our gang back together to solve a super creepy serial killer case, all while watching our pal Euro Cash make leaps and bounds in his personal growth. This week seems to be off to a decidedly more sparkly start, with a mysterious person examining a honkin’ big diamond. And lest you think this is some kind of romantic situation, in the background, we pan out to reveal… a very dead body. Yikes!

Well, friends, it’s been a couple of years since we last saw our pals on Van der Valk. When we left our pals they had just gotten through a tense gunfight with the be-earringed son of the crooked former cop Nemesis of both Van der Valk (who I’ve dubbed Euro Cash because of his penchant for black clothing and aloof vibes) and his boss, Big Cheese. Despite Euro Cash’s misgivings about new co-worker Clooves, our protagonist trusted his young colleague enough to let him save the day. With Mysterious Earring Guy and Nemesis safely out of the way, are there even any bad guys LEFT in Amsterdam?

Remember how last time, Floral Mum surprised us all by being a criminal girl boss, kidnapping Cheekbones, and revealing that she also has Softie stashed…

Hey remember how last episode everyone was making super smart choices vis a vis their love lives? Well this time we get to kick things off with the…

Last week, we started off with a whole new accidental death to fuss over, Cheekbones’ release from jail, and the newly re-recap-christened Remy’s…

Last season on Guilt, brothers Softie and Cheekbones hit a guy with a car, desperately covered it up, and accidentally put themselves in a position to…

I have to say, this UK thing of making seasons hilariously short just kills me. How are we already at the end of this season?? On the plus side, this episode is shaping up to be a real delight. There’s a creepy, potentially haunted country hotel that once saw a horrific multiple murder. And nearby, there’s a late night bus with a laughably small passenger list, including a fashionably dressed young lady in go go boots and a severe middle aged man. When both passengers disembark, one of the bus attendants pervily follows the young woman, claiming he needs to pee. At this point, reader, I become fairly convinced that this poor gal is about to get murdered and/or assualted, but lucky for her, I’m wrong: for the next day, it’s the dead body of the middle aged man that Fred and Strange are looking at in the freezing morning air.