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Artists In Crime
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Narrator
- Philip Franks
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2015
- Run Time
- 8 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Artists in Crime was first published in 1938.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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I really don't know why Ngaio Marsh isn't more famous. This was a really cracking story with a selection of well-drawn characters, with a central detective whos actually a really lovely person, for once! She balances genuinely unexpected and at times shocking twists with realism, atmosphere, and sensitive observations of how people work. The dialogue is exceptionally well written. The reader so completely inhabits each character that when there's a rapid conversation with an interjection of maybe a couple of words only, you know exactly who it is, even with only a light change of timbre. Definitely not read with an intent to put the listener to sleep. Top marks all round, and I am fully looking forward to listening to the rest of this dynamite pairing.
Tealin 2025-09-05
Details
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Narrator
- Philip Franks
- Duration
- 8 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405531771
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
When murder upsets the creative tranquility of an artists' colony, Scotland Yard sends in its most famous investigator. And what begins as a routine case turns out to be the most momentous of Roderick Alleyn's career. For before he can corner the killer, his heart is captured by one of the suspects - the flashing-eyed painter Agatha Troy, who has nothing but scorn for the art of detection....Artists in Crime was first published in 1938.
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