Cryptic crime

Cryptic crime


By Michael Pickard
July 3, 2025

STAR POWER

A world away from Downton Abbey, actor Phyllis Logan stars as a puzzle expert in murder-mystery series The Puzzle Lady (Murder Most Puzzling). She tells DQ about portraying this “ridiculous, eccentric” character, playing the lead and why the show “ticks every box.”

 

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