' Particularly written with great care, vivid and smooth. ' Ok, Rachel, yes, this is a good author. If you enjoy murder mysteries, 1930s England, and complex characters, motives, and plots, this is the mystery writer for you. ' This review applies to anything written by Dame Marsh.

She has caught my attention and will keep it for sure.

I am looking forward to listening to many more. Although I enjoy the books, it grates to hear this error repeatedly. One of Marsh's books make a point of saying that Alleyn is pronounced like Allen, not like Alaine. ' Ngaio Marsh's book is wonderful, but this audio recording is irritating because the reader mispronounces Alleyn's name throughout this book and others that she recorded.

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Although they're not quite a Lord Peter Whimsey/Harriet Vane duo, it's still fascinating to watch the dynamics of their relationship unfold, and somewhat reminiscent of the Whimsey/Vane encounter in that their relationship starts off severely disadvantaged by one of the pair being a suspect in a murder mystery that the other is investigating.' This mystery is also particularly worth noting because we make the acquaintance here of Roderick Alleyn's love interest, Agatha Troy (who is apparently modelled somewhat on Marsh herself). 1940 Britain (apparently Marsh herself had formal training as a painter). 'I've enjoyed all of the Ngaio Marsh books, but this one in particular, if only because it offers an interesting insight into artistic circles c. And Agatha has nothing but scorn for the art of detection. As if he didn't have enough on his plate,before he can corner the killer Alleyn finds his own passions unexpectedly stirred by the feisty painter Agatha Troy-brilliant artist and suspected murderess.

Then there's the matter of a second murder. The model was killed in full view of the entire class, making everyone in it a suspect. Called in to investigate, Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn thinks this is just another routine case…for now. For in the draperies of her couch lay a fatal dagger, and behind her murder lies all the intrigue and acid-etched temperament of an artist's colony. It was a bizarre pose for beautiful model Sonia Gluck-and her last. In this thrilling yarn, the art of detection gets clouded by desire.

Inspector alleyn artists in crime