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Book Review of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 8)

Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 8)
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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...