BBC’s hit drama Moonflower Murders has an epic blink-and-you’ll-miss-it celebrity cameo.

Author Anthony Horowitz revealed that he made an appearance in the murder mystery screen adaptation of his book series filmed in Dublin and Crete.

‘Eagle-eyed viewers might just notice me, I won’t say walking, or even tiptoeing, through a scene, because I do neither… but I am there,’ Anthony told PBS.

He also told The Telegraph: ‘I make a guest cameo of my own in Crete. It’s my Hitchcock moment. It’s fleeting, but it will be interesting to see who spots me on screen.’ 

In the first six minutes of the first episode, a pair of strategically placed feet resting on a pool lilo can be seen at the edge of the sH๏τ.

A few seconds later, legs, a torso and a head appear as Anthony floats past Lesley Manville’s character, Susan, on the inflatable.

Author Anthony Horowitz revealed that he made an appearance in the murder mystery screen adaptation of his book series filmed in Dublin and Crete

In the first six minutes of the first episode, a pair of strategically placed feet resting on a pool lilo can be seen at the edge of the sH๏τ

A few seconds later, legs, a torso and a head appear as Anthony floats past Lesley Manville ‘s character, Susan, on the inflatable

Moonflower Murders was directed by Rebecca Gatward (Bad Sisters) and is a sequel to the acclaimed Magpie Murders.

Returning in the lead roles they originated in Magpie Murders, are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread, Mum) as book editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd.

A synopsis for the drama reads: ‘Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas.

‘But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country H๏τel eight years ago.’

Moonflower Murders is the second novel in Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series.

Published in 2020, it was dubbed ‘a richly plotted, head-spinning novel’ by the New York Times.

The six-part screen adaptation, which kicked off on November 16 on BBC One and iPlayer, is one of three gripping new dramas released by the BBC this month for viewers to binge-watch.

Rebecca Hall’s new show The Listeners launched on Tuesday, November 19 on the channel. 

Moonflower Murders is a sequel to the acclaimed Magpie Murders and was written by Horowitz and directed by Rebecca Gatward (Bad Sisters)

BBC viewers are in for a treat as the broadcaster has released not one but THREE gripping new dramas for this month to binge watch – among them Moonflower Murders (pictured)

Elsewhere, Rebecca Hall’s new show The Listeners will launch on Tuesday, November 19th on the same channel

The new drama also stars Prasanna Puwanarajah, Mia Tharia, Gayle Rankin and Amr Waked.

It follows Hall’s character Claire, an English teacher whose life is disrupted when she starts to hear a mysterious humming sound no one else can detect.

The unexplained noise begins to disrupt and take over her life before she realises a student can also hear it, which sees them strike up an unlikely intimate friendship.

The series, which is described as ‘provocative and haunting’, is said to explore ‘the human search for the transcendent, the rise of conspiracy culture in the West, and the desire for community and connection in our increasingly polarised times’.

Elsewhere, the highly anticipated launch of Return to Paradise will air on Friday, November 22.

The new Australian-based series is a spin-off to the smash hit Death in Paradise and set in the idyllic beachside hamlet of Dolphin Cove.

Meanwhile, on Friday November 22nd the highly anticipated launch of Return to Paradise will air

The new Australian based series is a spin-off to the smash hit Death in Paradise and set in the idyllic beachside hamlet of Dolphin Cove

According to the synopsis: ‘Return to Paradise follows DI Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson), an Australian expat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases.

‘When she is accused of tampering with evidence, Mackenzie returns to Australia, back to the last place she ever wanted to be – her hometown of Dolphin Cove.

‘Having fled the town six years ago, infamously leaving her ex-fiancée Glenn (Tai Hara) at the altar, Mackenzie is not welcome here.

‘But with no other job options, and a unique talent for solving a mystery, no matter how challenging, a reluctant Mack joins the team at Dolphin Cove Police Station.’

It continues: ‘Once a case lands on her desk, she can’t rest until she’s figured it out, and the killer is in handcuffs. It’s that tenacity and work ethic that might just, over time, help Mackenzie win over her new colleagues, and the people of Dolphin Cove.’

Moonflower Murders is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.