Lee at ReadWriteWish's Reviews > Death in Ecstasy

This, the fourth of the Roderick Alleyn series, book was a real disappointment.

I must point out that I decided to listen to this one via Audible and wonder if that format influenced my feelings towards the book. I really don't recommend the audio version. The narrator, whilst not awful, just failed to portray the humour which is usually my favourite part of these books. Some scenes, which surely Marsh added for comic effect, just became tedious and annoying (such as the scene near the beginning when all the suspects and witnesses were introducing themselves). In fact, my mind wandered so much when listening I probably missed a lot of the vital details.

In a weird way the plot is a bit more gritty than I come to expect in these classic mysteries. It centres around a cult and drug dealers. (The way Alleyn interviewed a suspect on drugs without seemingly expecting any violence was a little disconcerting.)

All in all this book wasn't very enjoyable and I don't think this book added anything to the series and I would suggest you could easily skip this one.