I read a lot of this Ngaio Marsh series and enjoyed them thoroughly. Although not as good as the P. D. James Dalgliesh stories they are a very enjoyable read. So, after I found out that they were coming available on DVD I got the first one as soon as I could, in anticipation of a movie as good as the Adam Dagliesh movies with Roy Marsden. Unfortunately nothing could have been further from the truth. Patrick Malahyde is grossly miscast, showing nothing of the character from the book. The one I saw was so slow and badly done that I almost fell asleep - my wife did. There was almost no interplay of characters. Troy was hardly mentioned as an artist and inspector Fox just didn't feel right either. I'm not even going to bother with the rest of the series.
Review of Alleyn Mysteries
