Overture to Death

Ngaio Marsh

Book 8 of Roderick Alleyn

Publisher: Jove

Published: Jul 15, 1984

Description:

SUMMARY: Amateur actors set the stage for murder...Who in the quiet village of Chipping would kill wealthy spinster Idris Campanula? Plenty of people, among them her fellow cast members from a troubled charity production. Miss Campanula was a spiteful gossip, gleefully destroying others' lives merely for her won excitement. But once Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives, he quickly realizes that the murderer might have killed the wrong woman-and may soon stage a repeat performance...