Thursday, June 19th, 2025 on 5 at 8:00pm
Crime drama series based on the best-selling books by American author Parnell Hall. BAFTA award-winning actress Phyllis Logan, best known for playing Mrs Hughes in the award-winning Downton Abbey, plays Cora Felton, the Puzzle Lady.
In episode 1, when a murder takes place in the sleepy market town of Bakerbury, the local police are baffled by a crossword puzzle left on the 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 local police unravel the crossword clue and solve its first murder case.
As Cora throws herself into a murder case that has the town’s residents baffled, she starts to gather allies and enemies in equal measure. Tenacious journalist Anton Grant is as much captivated by Sherry, Cora’s niece, as he is Cora, while Anton’s ex-girlfriend, amoral lawyer Becky Baidwan, might help, or might throw them all under the bus. As Cora’s team assembles, it becomes apparent what they lack in experience, they make up for in attitude.
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…
Cast
- Adam Best as DCI Hooper
- Alistair Brammer as Anton Grant
- Amber Mendez-Martin as Katy Hooper
- Charlotte Hope as Sherry Carter
- Conor Sánchez as Jimmi Potter
- Jack Weise as PC Danny Finley
- Nick Danan as DS Sam Brody
- Phyllis Logan as Cora Felton
- Richard Croxford as Mayor Firth
- Yasmin Seky as Becky Baidwan