by Ngaio Marsh
I normally have to read a series in order because it goes completely against my nature to skip around. After reading Book 1 though, I was on the fence on whether or not to continue the series because, even though I enjoyed the mystery itself, the dialogue and British narrative was quite choppy and a...
Hier kann leider auch der schokostimmige Vorleser nicht zum vierten Stern verhelfen, zu dünn plätschert die Handlung vor sich hin. Vielleicht hatte ich aber auch einfach nur die Schnauze voll vom 1793sten Griff in die Kiste mit den Einzelteilen...
Hier kann leider auch der schokostimmige Vorleser nicht zum vierten Stern verhelfen, zu dünn plätschert die Handlung vor sich hin. Vielleicht hatte ich aber auch einfach nur die Schnauze voll vom 1793sten Griff in die Kiste mit den Einzelteilen...
If I ever finish my book, and manage to have an audio edition, I want Benedict Cumberbatch reading it. Even with all the other readers I've come across whose voices I've fallen for, BC is a little bit spectacular. And I'm not even a "Cumberbitch". This is an abridged version of the novel, which norm...
Troy...need I say more? :-)Yup, still one of my all-time favorites in the series.
A very solid three stars. The flow of the narrative is quite stop and go which makes the way the plot moves on a bit chaotic in my book. Never the less, the plot is interesting, the reveal not so far from left field, the hints are there. I liked the introduction of Roderick's 'love interest' who is ...
Dame Ngaio Marsh certainly crafted a rich and appealing mystery (circa 1938) within "Artists in Crime". The story finds the lead detective, Roderick Alleyn, investigating the case of a murdered nude model, Sonia Gluck. The list of suspects revolves around eight individuals within an art school, in...
I used to read Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn mysteries all the time–after Peter Wimsey he was probably my favorite fictional detective. Then I broadened my horizons, with the result that I haven’t read much by Marsh in awhile. This is the equivalent of Strong Poison for the series. Unfortunately, the lib...
This is an early one, both in order of composition (1938), and in the life of Alleyn, who meets and falls in love with Agatha Troy, his future wife. As in Sayers' series, the lady is involved in a horrible murder case and needs support, altho' Troy is not actually accused as Harriet Vane is. We have...
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