A review by persistent_reader
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh

4.0

This was a enjoyable and easy listen. Marsh paints a vivid picture of the petty jealousies and human weaknesses of the residents of a English village. The crime is clever. I won’t hear Rachmaninov’s prelude without recalling this novel. The mentally-unstable-spinster-in-love-with-the-local-vicar-trope is a tad dated, though, and some of the characters were standard casting for a cozy mystery. I do like Roderick Alleyn and his team.