Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn Series #6)

by Ngaio Marsh Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch

Overview

It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model's pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed for ever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen.

It's a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn. How can he believe that the woman he loves is a murderess? And yet no one can be above suspicion...

Editorial Reviews

New York Magazine

"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around."

APRIL 2011 - AudioFile

After meeting during an ocean cruise, Inspector Roderick Alleyn encounters a young artist again when she becomes the suspect in the murder of a model. Marsh’s sixth mystery featuring Alleyn is a great story on its own merits, made more significant by the fact that the young artist in question is Agatha Troy, who would remain a part of the series—first as Alleyn’s friend and lover, then as his wife—for the remaining 26 books. Terry Wilton’s reading is rich and colorful. Although he pronounces the lead character’s name differently than Marsh did, he brings to life a rich cast of characters from various nationalities and backgrounds and vividly evokes the world of England between the wars. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169251609
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	12/04/2008
Series:	Roderick Alleyn Series , #6
Edition description:	Abridged

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