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I've just finished "Artists in Crime", by Ngaio Marsh. I'm reading all her "Inspector Alleyn" books in order (with other things in between). This is the 6th book in the series, and, to my mind, by far the best yet; easily on a par with a good Agatha Christie, which I've not been able to say for any of the earlier books.
It's a classic "English country house" murder mystery, with an artist's model murdered in an art studio, and only the 8 art students present being suspects in the case.
This is the first one of Marsh's books in which there is, to my mind, real character development; I felt a real attachment to the people in the story as the events unfolded, and I was completely fooled by the final "denoument" of the case.
I'd give this book a rating of 4 stars out of 5. Definitely well worth reading.
"Death in a White Tie" next!
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