This is the sixth book in the Detective Chief Inspector Alleyn series and the one in which he meets Agatha Troy, the artist who would become his wife. Alleyn meets Troy during his return trip from the South Pacific. On his return to England, Alleyn is visits his mother, the Lady Alleyn when the murder of an artist's model occurs at the home/studio of Agatha Troy which is nearby the Alleyn home. The suspects are part of a group studying at Troy's studio. The victim is a young, conniving piece of work who is killed by a hidden knife while posing for an artists' exercise. The prime victim is the model's lover, a sculptor with a not nice reputation who conveniently disappears after the murder. Alleyn and his assistant Inspector Fox along with journalist Nigel Bathgate interview all the artists and others and wade through lots of evidence before solving this one. The potential love match between Alleyn and Troy is not quite a romance at the end of the book.
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