Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued in B-format. 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…‘Rich, raffish, engagingly eccentric’
Daily Express
‘Age does not wither Dame Ngaio, nor custom stale her infinite variety… she writes as beautifully as ever.’
Sunday Times
‘Polished and enjoyable as ever.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘One of the best stories by the doyenne of mystery writers in the traditional British style.’
New York Times Book Review
‘The New Zealand author scores another hit with her new, impeccably written and suspenseful mystery.’
Publishers Weekly
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 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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780006512295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006512291 |
| Title | Last Ditch |
| Author | Ngaio Marsh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |