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Phyllis Logan's puzzling whodunnit is like a spoof of Midsomer Murders, says RONALD WHITE


About halfway through Murder Most Puzzling, actor Adam Best delivered what is surely the most whodunnit line ever: 'This is DI Hooper. A body has been found in the library.'

Murder Most Puzzling has been compared with the BBC ’s hit Ludwig, mainly because Cora Felton, played by Phyllis Logan (pictured) is a famous crossword compiler I don’t want to give too much away, but the mayor of Bakerbury (Richard Croxford) could not have been a more obvious villain if he had a duelling scar, sported a twirly moustache, and stroked a white cat. She also managed to force her way into the office of Mr Peacock, the rather limp governor of Bakerbury Prison and an early suspect, by bribing the guards with biscuits.

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