Artists in Crime: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #6

A model is murdered in this “first-rate” detective story by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews).

On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she’s a bohemian cliché.

They may be destined for romance, but there’s a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother’s house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, than he gets a call that a model has been stabbed at the artists’ community down the road.

And the talented Miss Troy is one of the community’s most prominent and outspoken members .

“The doyenne of traditional mystery writers.” —The New York Times Read more Review