Last Ditch
- Author Ngaio Marsh
- Narrator Wanda McCaddon
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 23 June 2005
- Run Time 8 hours and 6 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural.
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What to expect
Young Ricky Alleyn has come to the picturesque fishing village of Deep Cove to write. Though the sleepy little town offers few diversions, Ricky manages to find the most distracting one of all: murder. For in a muddy ditch, he sees a dead equestrienne whose last leap was anything but an accident. And when Ricky himself disappears, the case becomes a horse of a different color for his father, Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
Legendary novelist Ngaio Marsh was made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and was named Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, during the course of her career. Pull up a chair and get swept away by her brilliant storytelling.
Critics Review
“One of the best stories by the doyenne of mystery writers in the traditional British style.”
“Rich, raffish, engagingly eccentric.”
“Age does not wither Dame Ngaio, nor custom stale her infinite variety…she writes as beautifully as ever.”
“Polished and enjoyable as ever.”
“The New Zealand author scores another hit with her new, impeccably written and suspenseful mystery.”
“As comforting and satisfying as a cup of Earl Grey tea. With the deft touch of a master, Marsh paints her highly visual English countryside sets and charming, gracious characters…[Wanda McCaddon] is unfaltering in carrying off this wonderful work which, in its simplicity, is a throwback to a less complicated, more gently paced period.”
n| Author | Ngaio Marsh |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Wanda McCaddon |
| Series | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries |
| Duration | 8 hours and 6 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781481561914 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural |
| Availability | US |
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