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  • Last Ditch

  • By: Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrated by: James Saxon
  • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Last Ditch

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Rickie Alleyn, son of the famed detective Roderick Alleyn, had taken to the peaceful Channel Island village of Deep Cove to write his book. However, soon enough the tedium of provincial life threatens to send him packing - until, that is, he finds a dead stablehand, and the sleepy community's world is upturned.

His father is called to take proceedings into hand, but as a darker side to island life emerges, one of illegal drugs and smuggling, Rickie goes missing. Will Ngaio Marsh's stalwart detective be able to find his son in time?
©1977 Original Text of 1977 by Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio
Small Town & Rural Cosy Traditional Detectives Crime Thrillers
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"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"One of the best stories by the doyenne of mystery writers in the traditional British style." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Rich, raffish, engagingly eccentric." ( Daily Express)

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Good on you, Ricky Allen! A fair narc!

I love Roderick, Ricky, and Troy! And dear old Fox. "We better get you in the Force, Mr. Rong". Right-ho, Fox old bean! And I love you James Saxon for incarnating the wonderful world of Nagaio Marsh! Rest in God's peace, James!

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