Out now!
Ghosts of the West, the new Drabble and Harris adventure, is out now, published in paperback and ebook by Headline Accent.
It’s 1937: a suspected grave-robbery in Kent and a break-in at the British Museum draw Drabble and Harris into a conspiracy that takes them across the Atlantic to the broad plains of the United States – and threatens to upend the world order.
Praise for Ghosts of the West
'Marsh's mixture of derring-do and scholarship makes for a fun read and a colourful supporting cast of rogues and spies keeps the narrative hurtling along'
THE OBSERVER
‘What larks! Favourite line: “I’ll have you know I've gargled in more U-bends than you’ve had hot dinners, you bison-strangling nitwit!”’
MARK SANDERSON, THE TIMES
‘Hugely readable. Alec Marsh innately understands how to tell a ripping yarn'
ALEXANDER LARMAN, THE CHAP
‘Deftly plotted and hugely entertaining'
JAMES WILSON, author of COYOTE FORK
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The Drabble & Harris thrillers
Rule Britannia, the first book in the series, is set in 1936 against the backdrop of the Abdication Crisis. Enemy of the Raj, set in 1937, sees Ernest Drabble and Percival Harris in India where they confront villainy as well as a regime
Praise for Alec Marsh’s Drabble & Harris books
‘A rollicking good read’
Ian Rankin
‘This is a wonderful period piece. Alec Marsh skilfully takes us back to the 1930s and the crisis of those times. The result is an immensely readable treat!’ – ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
‘Told with humour and flair, Enemy of the Raj is a highly enjoyable, riveting read. I'm already looking forward to the next one!’
ABIR MUKHERJEE
‘Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto’
NEW STATESMAN
‘Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh’s first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave’
STANLEY JOHNSON
‘Wodehouse meets Buchan in this cracking thriller by Alec Marsh. Great fun!’
MARK ELLIS
‘A wonderful book… a corkingly good read’
PAUL BLEZZARD – CO-FOUNDER LOCKDOWN LITFEST
‘Flashman meets Bond, meets Indiana Jones, meets Jeeves and Wooster!’
AMAZON READER REVIEW