Overture to Death
Appearance
![]() First US edition | |
Author | Ngaio Marsh |
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Language | English |
Series | Roderick Alleyn |
Genre | 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.