Artists in Crime
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Artists in Crime is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh
; it is the sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn
, and was first published in 1938. The plot concerns the murder of an artists' model; Agatha Troy is introduced for the first time.
Ngaio Marsh
Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE , born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900...
; it is the sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn
Roderick Alleyn
Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934. He is the policeman hero of the 32 detective novels of Ngaio Marsh. Marsh and her gentleman detective belong firmly in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although the last Alleyn novel, Light Thickens, was published as late as...
, and was first published in 1938. The plot concerns the murder of an artists' model; Agatha Troy is introduced for the first time.