Moonflower Murders

Moonflower Murders

2024
7.8
1 Seasons
Mystery Crime

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?

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Episode 1

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.

Episode 2
Ep 2

Episode 2

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.

Episode 3
Ep 3

Episode 3

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.

Episode 4
Ep 4

Episode 4

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.

Episode 5
Ep 5

Episode 5

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.

Episode 6
Ep 6

Episode 6

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.

Cast

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Susan Ryeland

Tim McMullan

Tim McMullan

Atticus Pünd

Alexandros Logothetis

Alexandros Logothetis

Andreas Pataki

Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

Locke / Chubb

Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill

Alan Conway

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin

Rosalie Craig

Rosalie Craig

Lisa Treherne / Melissa James

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Madeline Cain

Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins

Lawrence Treherne / Lance Gardner

Pooky Quesnel

Pooky Quesnel

Pauline Treherne / Maureen Gardner

Will Tudor

Will Tudor

Aiden MacNeil / Algernon Marsh

Joanna Bacon

Joanna Bacon

Gwyneth Endicott / Phyllis Chandler