It's a Deeply Satisfying Conclusion for 'Moonflower Murders'
We’ve reached the finale of Moonflower Murders and its labyrinthine plots. Throughout the show, I kept asking: What is the significance of Natasha, the maid, going specifically to Cecily after she finds Parris dead? And does the fact that Parris occupied a room that was booked for another guest mean anything? Apparently, I should not be a detective because neither of those questions turns out to be important.
Susan: “And then you hammered Frank Parris to death.”
After last week’s confession on the page, we return to the novel with Atticus, Miss Cain, and Chubb to reveal Spencer’s actual murderer, only to have him turn and unmask... Madeline Cain as the killer. He explains this is why he is responsible: he brought her to Spencer and gave her access. (See? We knew Atticus couldn’t have killed someone.) Miss Cain, it turns out, is an obsessive superfan of Melissa James who was adamant that Atticus investigate her death, to the point of hiring an actor to engage Atticus’ services. The fainting was a ruse: a piece of fan mail on Melissa’s nightstand was from Miss Cain, and she used her fainting act to conceal the letter so Atticus wouldn’t recognize her handwriting.
