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Last Ditch

by Ngaio Marsh · 1976

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Horseplay turns deadly...

Young Ricky Alleyn has come to the picturesque fishing village of Deep Cove to write. Through 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.

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thiscozy mysterycozy mysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Themes
policepoliceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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