A new murder mystery series is heading to PBS. The show is called The Marlow Murder Club and stars Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Home Fires), Jo Martin (Doctor Who, Back to Life), Cara Horgan (The Sandman, Traitors), and Natalie Dew (Sandylands, The Capture).
Based on the eponymous book by Robert Thorogood, the series, which got a release date and first trailer today, gives us a group of unlikely sleuths who work to solve a local murder case.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Retired archaeologist Judith Potts (Bond) lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow, filling her time by setting crosswords for the local paper. During one of her regular wild swims in the Thames, Judith hears a gunshot coming from a neighbor’s garden and believes a brutal murder has taken place.
When the police are reluctant to believe her story, Judith finds herself forming an unlikely friendship with local dog-walker and empty-nester Suzie (Martin) and unfulfilled vicar’s wife Becks (Horgan) as they start an investigation of their own. Eventually asked to assist with the official police investigation, headed by newly promoted Tanika (Dew), the women must piece together clues, grill suspect witnesses, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop the killer in their tracks.
The Marlow Murder Club will premiere on Sunday, October 27 at 9:00 p.m./8:00 p.m. ET/CT on PBS. And for those who think this show will be right up their alley, I have good news! Masterpiece has announced they’ve already greenlit a second season, which means more murder is coming to Marlow’s new cohort of amateur detectives.
Check out the trailer below.
