Swing Brother Swing

Swing Brother Swing
First edition
AuthorNgaio Marsh
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoderick Alleyn
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint
Preceded byFinal Curtain 
Followed byOpening Night 

Swing, Brother, Swing is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1949 in the UK. The novel was published as A Wreath for Rivera in the United States.[1] The plot concerns the murder of a big band accordionist in London.

Most contemporary reviews were positive; “a honey”,[2] “a succulent novel”,[3] and “virtuosity in building up suspense”.[4] Her two biographers, Margeret Lewis and Joanne Drayton, did not appreciate this novel as much, finding it not up to date in its setting, opposite to the reviews in 1949.

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