Impressed at the way her painting of the port catches the sense of the port rather than just the image of the location, Alleyn becomes intrigued by the artist, who initially mistakes him for a vulgar critic prone to the platitude, 'I don't pretend to know much about art, but I know what I like.' She feels a bit chagrined to learn that Alleyn actually proves himself knowledgable about art. At the port in Suva, Fiji, Alleyn comes across a woman on his ship, painting and cursing.
This book focuses quite a bit on Inspector Alleyn's personal life and there are some truly enjoyable scenes involving his mother which were my favorite moments of this book.ĭetective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn is on his way back to England after a year abroad for his health in Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh, published in 1938. If this had been my first introduction to Marsh I am not sure I would have kept going, but being as it is the 6th book in the series (which I read in order), I kept reading. The characters in this story are also harder to like, even the ones who reappear and I like much better later in the series.
I much prefer James Saxon and I have a harder time staying engaged with her reading. The biggest issue for me though is that I am not a huge fan of Nadia May's narration of this series.
The plot of this one runs from slow to medium but is well constructed if a bit overdramatic for my tastes. I have read and/or listened to many of the books multiple times. I first started reading this series based on a recommendation for Agatha Christie fans and I have been hooked ever since. Overall this book is a nice classic mystery and fans of this age of mystery will enjoy it. I highly encourage the audience to read or listen to this series in order to avoid confusion and often characters re-appear in later books. This is not my favorite book in the series, but it is an important one to help establish background for later ones. Not the best, but can't be missed in the series
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