Murder Most Puzzling

Cora Felton is the nation's darling when it comes to puzzles, she's famed for her cryptic clues and her biscuits, but when she moves to Bakerbury, she finds a new interest, solving murders.

It's billed as Murder, she wrote meets Marple, and I get that, there are shades of both, she's definitely something of a busybody, she's sharp and intelligent, daring, but blunt and sometimes lacking in sensitivity.

It's a lovely, light hearted series, it is perfect viewing for a Sunday evening. ITV have dropped the ball with the ninety minute one off dramas, with this and Ellis, Channel 5 are delivering, long may both continue.

Phyllis Logan is greet as Cora, she adds a lot of charisma, she brings a touch of humour, nice to see Logan leading a show. I just love that she's a bit of a fraud and loves a drink, these days it's all yoga and mineral water, it makes a nice change.

Adam Best us quality as DI Hooper, I love that he doesn't play the big man, he's just a down to earth copper.

It's mad me me want to read the books, these are lovely adaptations. Don't go expecting anything heavy or serious, it's just nice and easy, intriguing viewing.

8/10.

The show is well cast and beautifully acted out by Logan who seems to be really enjoying the role and the supportingcast fit the bill perfectly.

It fits perfectly in the familiar cosy crime genre as they call it but has enough madcap moments and some humor to keep the audience engaged.

Thoroughly enjoyed it and looking forward to the next couple of episodes and hopefully more seasons. If one episode takes care of one book then I definitely want to see all twenty books played out as it will only get better from here as the characters grow and the puzzles progress.

A definite must watch and can't wait until next weeks episode.

A gentle paced, easy going mystery. Not the biggest budget spent on it clearly but I enjoyed it anyway. The production values wasn't the normal high quality you get these days, it lacked the digital sharpness we're used to. Maybe the lighting rig and set was a bit less expensive and the colour grading seemed a bit 90's/ early 2000's. But if you added all that in, I think it would have gotten much better reviews. I think we don't realise how much the visual impact influences us also. I'm definitely giving it another go. Cup of tea, cosy mystery drama, I think all the characters will develop very nicely..

To everyone who says it's a rip-off or copy of some other show. There's a book series about the Puzzle Lady. First book is an adaptation of the book printed back in 2000!

I haven't read it, but loved the first episode so much that I ordered the book (author is Parnell Hall if anyone is interested).

I'd compare this to The Marlow Murder Club, but Murder Most Puzzling is much, much smarter. And less ridiculous.

It's a cute cozy mystery with fun characters and pretty solid mystery. Small town, quirky protagonist (Phyllis Logan is fantastic, so is Charlotte Hope who plays her niece), murders are not that gruesome. Just what I wanted this cold evening.

Looking forward to the next episode!

I enjoyed it. Cozy mysteries are meant to be low stress, easy to watch and the type of show you can be doing something else while watching. This show fits the bill. I did not think anyone was overacting. I am not sure why some people said that. I am American and only really knew Phyllis Logan, so maybe that helped. I just finished Death Valley, which is the same genre and I quite enjoyed that one as well. I am not sure why so many reviewers are being so hard on this one. There are different levels of cozy mysteries. Ludwig is not like this one, you need to really pay attention with that type, which has multiple levels going on. I watch a lot of those too.

If you are a fan of this genre, watch it and decide for yourself.