Artists in Crime is Miss Marshs best.... Her touch is light, without lapsing
into the facetious, her characterization excellent; her plot neat and precise.
Nicholas Blake, Spectator

When murder upsets the creative tranquillity of an artists colony, Scotland Yard sends in its most
famous investigator. And what begins as a routine case turns out to be the most momentous of
Roderick Alleyns career. For before he can corner the killer, his heart is captured by one of the
suspectsthe flashing-eyed painter Agatha Troy, who has nothing but scorn for the art of detection.


Ngaio Marsh, a native New Zealander whose name means "flowering tree" in Maori, was a detective story writer and theatrical producer. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her classic mysteries. The continuing popularity of her hero, Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn, has assured her a lasting place among the world's top mystery authors.

Nadia May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently lives.