Agatha Troy, world famous painter, is inveigled into accepting a commission to paint the 70 - year- old Sir Henry Acred, the Grand Old Man of the stage. But just as she has completed her portrait, the old actor dies.
The dramatic circumstances of his death are such the Scotland Yard is called in- in the person of Troy's long absent husband, Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
This is an excellent story involving an exceptionally dysfunctional family. The story of the family and Troy's involvement with them while completing her commission is more entertaining than the solving of the mystery.
As always Marsh is outstanding.
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