The Roderick Alleyn series was successfully adapted for television and was quite popular both in the U.K.

About the Author Dame Ngaio Marsh was one of the celebrated queens of the Golden Age of detective fiction. And the artistic Miss Troy is one of the communitys most prominent and outspoken members. Troy reappears in the later books and becomes Alleyn's wife. a character through which the author can vicariously live in the story.

She is Marsh's version of Agatha Christie's Ariadne Oliver - i.e. They may be destined for romance, but theres a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mothers 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. Agatha Troy first appears in Artists in Crime (1938). But for Inspector Alleyn and Miss Agatha Troy, its more like irritation: On the ship back to England, she finds him tedious and dull he thinks shes a bohemian clich. Dame Ngaio Marsh was one of the celebrated queens of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Book Synopsis In the movies, its known as a meet cute. And the artistic Miss Troy is one of the communitys most prominent and outspoken members. Fiction, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Mystery/Suspense, Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective - General, Alleyn, Roderick (Fictitious character), Police. They may be destined for romance, but theres a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mothers 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. But for Inspector Alleyn and Miss Agatha Troy, its more like irritation: On the ship back to England, she finds him tedious and dull he thinks shes a bohemian clich. About the Book In the movies, its known as a meet cute.

Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh