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Artists in Crime: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #6 | Ngaio Marsh
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In the movies, it’s known as a “meet cute.” But for Inspector Alleyn and Miss Agatha Troy, it’s more like irritation: On the ship back to England, she finds him tedious and dull; he thinks she’s a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there’s a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother’s house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, then he gets a call that a model has been stabbed at the artists’ community down the road. And the artistic Miss Troy is one of the community’s most prominent and outspoken members.
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Artists in Crime | Ngaio Marsh
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I liked this a lot! #howjessreads2021

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It has been a long time since I read a Ngaio Marsh mystery - reminded me a bit of Agatha Christie in that classic era mystery way. Enjoyable mystery about a murder at an artist‘s retreat.

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Finished up this #audiobook by classic detective novelist Ngaio Marsh. There‘s a lot of police procedure in here, although inspector Roderick Alleyn doesn‘t quite live up to modern professional standards (falling in love with one of the suspects, allowing a journalist friend to sit in on key interviews with him 🙄). My attention wandered a bit, but still a nice twisty #mystery for its time, even if I don‘t need to run out and find more.

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EloisaJames
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I‘m rereading my Ngaio M collection. Marsh was an artist and there‘s a charged reality to the painting set-up but at the same time the murder is so entirely unlikely that it felt like an enormous joke. Are elaborate murders even written these days? #mystery

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Thurston has a bath while I hang out with Roderick Alleyn and Agatha Troy. #catsoflitsy

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