Artists in Crime

Artists in Crime
Ngaio Marsh

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 re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed for ever 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…

Ngaio Marsh

Artists in Crime

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Artists in Crime first published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1938

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Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u26a851c1-cf16-5d87-a6d9-134e01fb8efb)

Title Page (#uf461bfd1-072c-5ccd-b8e9-3d1606cb66c9)

Copyright (#ub96cb526-d428-5072-83af-4ccb7b0b4ed7)

Dedication (#u95d43b08-f40c-5a77-8b3c-536d117fb392)

The Characters in the Tale (#u04e1d7bf-be2d-54d5-a97d-fc453d7167a7)

CHAPTER 1 Prologue at Sea (#uce34e7a1-b3e0-5275-948b-f82ea98a42a9)

CHAPTER 2 Five Letters (#u9878a52b-4a38-5e14-afdd-f6198deeef70)

CHAPTER 3 Class Assembles (#udbf4f095-4d86-5519-af7c-e1ea5cd7624f)

CHAPTER 4 Case for Mr Alleyn (#udb0a478f-cbf0-55e8-8301-78622f24b6e3)

CHAPTER 5 Routine (#ua65eba1a-0d11-50a5-b9c5-52bec8fde375)

CHAPTER 6 Sidelight on Sonia (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 7 Alibi for Troy (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 8 Sidelights on Garcia (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 9 Phillida Lee and Watt Hatchett (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 10 Weekend of an Engaged Couple (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 11 Ormerin’s Nerves and Sonia’s Correspondence (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 12 Malmsley on Pleasure (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 13 Upstairs (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 14 Evidence from a Twig (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 15 Lady of the Ensemble (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 16 Back to the Yard (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 17 The Man at the Table (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 18 One of Five (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 19 Alleyn Makes a Pilgrimage (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 20 Arrest (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 21 Epilogue in a Garden (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)