Hier kann leider auch der schokostimmige Vorleser nicht zum vierten Stern verhelfen, zu dünn plätschert die Handlung vor sich hin. Vielleicht hatte ich aber auch einfach nur die Schnauze voll vom 1793sten Griff in die Kiste mit den Einzelteilen... ( )

I don't think Marsh's books have aged quite as well as her fellow Queens of Crime Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie. Obviously they're all very much of their time, but somehow this felt much more dated. Perhaps it's because I was listening to the audio version rather than reading.

I also felt it was rather derivative of Sayers - Artists in Crime was published in 1938, after most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books, and Alleyn and Troy very much came off as pale imitations of Wimsey and Harriet Vane.

It's entertaining enough, nonetheless. And perhaps I should give it an extra half star for being read by the delightful Benedict Cumberbatch. Masterfully done, sir. ( )