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Overture to Death 
1st US editionAuthor(s) Ngaio Marsh Language English Series Roderick Alleyn Genre(s) Detective fiction Publisher Lee Furman (US) Publication date 1939 Media type Print () Preceded by Death in a White Tie Followed by Death at the Bar Overture to Death is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eighth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1939. The plot concerns a murder during a village theatrical performance; Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor plays a prominent part in the story. So does a "Venetian Suite" by Ethelbert Nevin. The murder weapon is a pistol hidden in a piano.
Roderick Alleyn books by Ngaio Marsh Novels A Man Lay Dead · Enter a Murderer · The Nursing Home Murder · Death in Ecstasy · Vintage Murder · Artists in Crime · Death in a White Tie · Overture to Death · Death at the Bar · Surfeit of Lampreys · Death and the Dancing Footman · Colour Scheme · Died in the Wool · Final Curtain · Swing Brother Swing · Opening Night · Spinsters in Jeopardy · Scales of Justice · Off With His Head · Singing in the Shrouds · False Scent · Hand in Glove · Dead Water · Death at the Dolphin · Clutch of Constables · When in Rome · Tied Up in Tinsel · Black As He's Painted · Last Ditch · Grave Mistake · Photo Finish · Light Thickens ·Categories:- Crime novel stubs
- Roderick Alleyn novels
- 1939 novels
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