Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Artists in Crime
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Artists in Crime
Buy Now for £13.00
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
One of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy.
It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model’s pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been reenacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed forever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen.
It’s a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn. How can he believe that the woman he loves is a murderess? And yet no one can be above suspicion....
Critic reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about Artists in Crime
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mark
- 24-12-17
Excellent
Superb story, and the narration was first rate. Will get more of Ms Marsh's books
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 05-06-21
Highly Recommend
Great plot, involved but not over-complicated. Alleyn meets his future wife which adds additional interest to the novel but in no way detracts from the story. This is third third Alleyn audio book I have listened to - each with different but equally good narrators - Philip Franks is excellent but I also wish he pronounced Alleyn's name correctly!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- JUDITH HIGHCOCK
- 18-08-20
Wrong name
love this book read it many years ago but how sad that the narrator mispronounces the main characters name. In the name Alleyn the y is silent therefore name is pronounced Allen not Alain. Sorry to be so picky but when you know and love a character its really irritating and spoils an otherwise enjoyable story.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Susan A
- 24-07-19
Brilliant
Great writing by Ms March and excellently narrated. Could not stop listening. looking forward to more of her work
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Sheryl Mason
- 01-11-15
At last, more Golden Age Mysteries!
What made the experience of listening to Artists in Crime the most enjoyable?
Obviously, to me, the experience of hearing one of the few New Zealand authors to belong in the Golden Age of murder mysteries. Ngaio Marsh was also a member of The Detection Club in the UK in the 1930's.
Philip Franks does a superb job on this book. The characters are clearly sketched but not overdone (he even manages to get the Australian accent about right).
Overall, I'd have to say that this is my favourite Marsh book. The story combined with the narration make it a pure joy to listen to.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Artists in Crime?
The first meeting between Troy and Alleyn.
Which character – as performed by Philip Franks – was your favourite?
To be honest, they all were. He did such a great job.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No real emotional reaction. This book (and the others by Ngaio Marsh) rate up there with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. They're what I'd call cozy murders.
Any additional comments?
Can we have the rest please?
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- slb
- 13-10-16
Wonderful
I devoured all the Alleyn books many years ago and still re read them. This Audible reading had me riveted. Although I knew the story well I was drawn completely into the world of the artists, Troy and Alleyn. Philip Franks has a very subtle style, the characters were credible and very distinctive, he never over plays things. So many male readers sound like pantomime dames when interpreting female parts...but his are quiet and distinctive. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Well done to all concerned.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ms Jane E. Knight
- 02-12-15
Brilliantly read
Phillip Franks creates the characters beautifully. This is a very satisfying novel by a "Queen of crime". It is an audiobook I can imagine listening to again - like a well loved radio play. I will seek out the narrator again.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Tomboy
- 20-12-21
Marsh does it again.
A wonderful murder mystery by one of the very best of the best of the Golden Age of mystery crime novels. She's second only to Christie in the genre. Marsh's use of language is beautiful, expressive, precise and fantastically (almost sadistically) funny throughout in the style of Evelyn Waugh. Her magnificent creation of Roderick Alleyn, in combination with his sidekick Fox, are as worthy as Poirot and Hastings. Alleyn may be from the landed gentry but he's a very recognisable and down to earth character. Artists in Crime has a twisting plot line with a very smart turn in the tail. Anyone in search of a classic crime novel will not be let down by this brilliant example of the genre.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lucy
- 19-04-23
Good story let down by narrator
Not my favourite Marsh because the "romance" between Alleyn and Troy leaves me cold, but I do like the art world being explored and the actual killer was quite a surprise to me the first time I encountered the book. The narrator mispronouncing the name of the main character every single time however really, really gets annoying.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Libby Hall
- 29-02-20
Narration was brilliant
How I wish Philip Franks had narrated all of the unabridged Ngaio Marsh! You forget it is one man doing it all. His voices and accents are marvellous. The story itself is pretty more gruesome in parts. But then as with all the best 'Golden Age' mysteries, everything comes right in the end, justice is done and comforting cosiness is restored.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful