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.
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Inspector Roderick Alleyn
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Novels
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- 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
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- Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995)
- Gentleman detective
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (BBC television)
- Patrick Malahide (actor)
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