Clutch of Constables
Inspector Roderick Alleyn #25
Mystery & Suspense, Traditional British, Police Procedural
| Author: | Ngaio Marsh | ISBN: | 9781631940439 |
| Publisher: | Felony & Mayhem Press | Publication: | May 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Felony & Mayhem Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ngaio Marsh |
| ISBN: | 9781631940439 |
| Publisher: | Felony & Mayhem Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Felony & Mayhem Press |
| Language: | English |
We do love a man in a uniform, but the “Constables” in question are not policemen but paintings – the landscapes, specifically, of the 19th-century painter John Constable. Agatha Troy (the artist wife, you’ll remember, of Inspector Alleyn) has a special fondness for Constable’s work, so she jumps at the chance to take a river-cruise through “Constable Country” in the east of England. Her enthusiasm dims a little when it becomes clear that the ticket became available at the last minute only because a previous passenger was murdered in his cabin - and murdered, it seems, by a notorious international criminal known as the “Jampot.” (How we long for the days when notorious international criminals had really cute names.)
We do love a man in a uniform, but the “Constables” in question are not policemen but paintings – the landscapes, specifically, of the 19th-century painter John Constable. Agatha Troy (the artist wife, you’ll remember, of Inspector Alleyn) has a special fondness for Constable’s work, so she jumps at the chance to take a river-cruise through “Constable Country” in the east of England. Her enthusiasm dims a little when it becomes clear that the ticket became available at the last minute only because a previous passenger was murdered in his cabin - and murdered, it seems, by a notorious international criminal known as the “Jampot.” (How we long for the days when notorious international criminals had really cute names.)
