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Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Why we're reading this: The next book in our Ngaio Marsh challenge, considered by many people to be one of her best.
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* Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie
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Aug 05, 2018 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: det-ngaio-marsh, zz-paper-books, detectives-challenge-nm-2018

Like a number of other people I enjoyed this considerably more than number 5 in the series. The story was more interesting, it had DCI. Alleyn’s full support team including Bathgate, it introduced more of his background including his esteemed mother, Lady Alleyn and last but certainly not least we were introduced in no uncertain terms to “Troy”.

A great novel, well written and worked out with numerous red herrings masking a devious killer that I didn’t get until virtually the denouement.

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Apr 06, 2015 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-murder-crime-20th-century, aotearoa-authors

I have a love hate relationship with Ngaio Marsh. I find her writing is often a mixture of snobbery (it's not her characters – Marsh herself comes across as believing the aristocracy should have special privileges. Mixed up in a murder mystery – faugh, how common) & there is often a touch of 'cultural cringe' (believing NZ culture is inferior to other cultures, usually the UK or the States)

This particular book also tested my desire to read uncensored work!

Page 17 Miss Katti Bostock, the well-kno ...more

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Jun 06, 2022 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Aug 14, 2013 Ruth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: golden-age-and-vintage

Well she's done it again! Not for the first time, I have read the whole of a Ngaio Marsh book convinced that I've been very clever and spotted 'whodunit' only to discover I'm completely wrong. I thought I'd picked up subtle clues that others may have missed only to find I'd been led up the garden path. I love it!

This book also introduces Agatha Troy. I enjoyed seeing the developing relationship between her and Alleyn as their two very different worlds collide. ...more

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Jul 14, 2018 Sahifa rated it really liked it

Shelves: ngaio-marsh-challenge

Brilliant and Beautiful! I won't be lying if I say that I had gradually developed a strong affinity towards Ngaio Marsh's work. I would categorically and clearly state that there is nothing like Christie and hopefully would never be (here comes again my christie fandom). But It won't be an exaggeration to say that Ngaio Marsh has succeeded in carving her own space in my heart and also on my bookshelves.
I was introduced to her books towards a detective fiction challenge and to fill up the Christi ...more

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