A review by judyward
Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh

3.0

Ricky Alleyn is spending the summer trying to overcome writer's block and work on a novel in the village of Deep Cove on the Channel Islands. The village, of course, is filled with colorful characters who all seem to be leading rather complex lives. Everything seemed routine until a young woman is killed while horseback riding. Or was it an accident? Before it's over, Ricky's father, Inspector Roderick Alleyn, is sent to the island to fugure out what is going on. Ngaio Marsh wrote during the Golden Age of Mystery Fiction and her books have been compared to those of Allingham and Christie.