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    Last Ditch

    By Ngaio Marsh

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    A classic Ngaio Marsh novel

    Young Rickie Alleyn had come to the Channel Islands to try to write, but village life was tedious – until he saw the stablehand in the ditch. Dead, it seemed, from an unlucky jump.

    It might have ended there had Rickie not noticed some strange and puzzling things. But Rickie’s father, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, had been discreetly summoned to the scene, and when Rickie disappeared, it was the last straw…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateJan 7, 2010
    ISBN9780007344833
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    Ngaio Marsh

    Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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    • 4/5
      Ricky Alleyn, son of Troy and Roderick Alleyn, is taking an island break in an attempt to write a book. The niece of the local riding school owner dies after making a difficult jump and is found later in a ditch. Meanwhile one or more people are involved in drug running between France and England.Not long after Rory arrives in town, Ricky disappears.Lateish story (I think written in the mid 70s), where the story line is grittier than Marsh's contemporaries(no cream teas here, heroin addiction and drug running is the name of the game, as is Hellfire and brimstone preachers)
    • 3/5
      This is an enjoyable enough read for a wet day but I found the ending very unsatisfactory. Not one of my favourites.
    • 4/5
      This is my favorite Marsh book so far. Alleyn's son, Ricky, has gone to an island of the coast of England to write a book. What seems to be a very quiet and inspiring spot though, soon turns into a place of intrigue, murder and unrest. Ricky is a grown man, but is relieved when his papa shows up to take a hand in the investigations. One of the things I liked best about this book was the lack of angst, drama and anger between the son and his parents. So refreshing to read about healthy relationships sometimes. I thought all the characters well drawn and interesting, as well as the setting.
    • 3/5
      The books when Alleyn travels are sometimes my least favorite. I enjoyed seeing things from his sons eyes, however, I just had a hard time getting into this book. While the presence of Fox during the second half of the book helped, the first half took too long to set up the story and the dialogue was hard to understand. Still enjoyable but not one of my favorites.