Overture to Death

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style. "The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers"TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT It was all planned as an act of charity: getting up an amusing play to finance a new piano for the parish hall. The question now under bitter discussion is, who shall play the overture? Though Eleanor Prentice wins, on the night of the performance she cannot play. Miss Campanula steps triumphantly, into the breach – a chord is struck, a shot rings out, and Miss Campanula is dead, shot between the eyes… "Read just one of Ngaio Marsh's novels and you've got to read them all…"DAILY MAIL "Her work is as nearly flawless as to make no odds. Character, plot, wit, good writing and sound technique."SUNDAY TIMES "The finest writer in the English language of pure classical whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress"THE SUN Don't miss the other Inspector Alleyne novels available in this series, including: 'Hand in Glove', 'Spinsters in Jeopardy ', ' A Man Lay Dead', 'Tied up in Tinsel' and 'Death on the Air'. A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style. It was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. But its execution was doomed when Miss Campanula sat down to play. A chord was struck, a shot rang out and Miss Campanula was dead. A case of sinister infatuation for the brilliant Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn.