Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan is the lead of an upcoming series that will feed your obsession with cosy crime dramas.
With a new teaser shared, Murder Most Puzzling is an adaptation of author Parnell Hall's best-selling series, The Puzzle Lady Mysteries.
It follows Logan as Cora Felton aka the Puzzle Lady, a crossword expert-turned-police consultant when a murder calls for her puzzle-solving skills.
Cora's expertise is required when police are investigating the first murder case in the sleepy market town of Bakerbury, where the victim is found with a crossword on their body.
"With their case going nowhere, they turn reluctantly to Cora Felton, a recent arrival in Bakerbury, whose fame as the eponymous Puzzle Lady suggests she can help DCI Hooper and the Bakerbury police solve its first murder case," the synopsis reads.
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"But the eccentric Cora isn't who she claims to be. And while she digs into a cold case she thinks may be connected, she uncovers a dark truth behind another young woman's death. Cora puts herself in the killer's sights. Which is a dangerous place to be."
Penning the series is Dominique Moloney, who's no stranger to cosy crime having written episodes of Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.
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Logan, known for the role of Mrs Hughes on Downton Abbey, is joined by Game of Thrones star Charlotte Hope as Sherry Carter as well as Alistair Brammer as Anton Grant, Adam Best as DCI Hooper, Nick Danan as DS Sam Brody, and Jack Weise as PC Danny Finley.
Rounding out the cast are Yasmin Seky as Becky Baidwan, Richard Croxford as Mayor Firth, Conor Sánchez as Jimmi Potter, and Amber Mendez-Martin as Katy Hooper.
Murder Most Puzzling premieres on Channel 5 on 19 June.
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