num_pages: 221
description: The last ditch hidden behind a hedge, is a sheer drop, murderously deep—especially when someone stretches a wire across to trip a horse.The last to jump is a young stablehand, who is duly crushed beneath several stone of well-groomed mare.The last straw for Roderick Alleyn is when his young son Ricky becomes involved—right up to his considerably endangered neck...
language: English
title: Last Ditch
titlecomplete: Last Ditch
characters: Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Police, Crime, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Golden Age Mystery, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1648
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: Fontana Books/ Collins