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  • Last Ditch

  • By: Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrated by: James Saxon
  • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (55 ratings)

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Last Ditch

By: Ngaio Marsh
Narrated by: James Saxon
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Summary

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
Cosy Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Small Town & Rural Traditional Detectives Mystery Thriller Suspense Island
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Critic reviews

"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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Another good story

Very good narration. Contrary to another review the accents have been attempted very well. The native Channel Island accent can sound very peculiar to someone only used to hearing received pronunciation.

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another triumph from Marsh

classic Marsh. social history. scene setting. quaint vocabulary and as always superb narration. took me into a world that has passed

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Avoid like the plague

The voices put on by the narrator are so terrible that it’s unlistenable: like nails done a blackboard

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