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When a handsome swindler working the French Riviera meets a beautiful heiress on the beach at Cannes, sparks fly. But so do bullets—and soon he’s forced to flee the country with both the police and the heiress on his trail.

From the casinos of Monaco to the jungles of Brazil, from Tangier to Marrakech to Peru, the chase is on. And not even a veteran of Monte Carlo’s baccarat tables would dare to place odds on where it will end...

• A major discovery: a never-before-published novel by the bestselling author of To Catch a Thief and Plunder of the Sun
• To Catch a Thief became the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly—and is about to be remade by Paramount Pictures
• Plunder of the Sun was published by Hard Case Crime after being unavailable for 45 years
• The Last Match features a revealing new afterword by the author's daughter.
• Mystery Ink on THE LAST MATCH: "Entertaining and fun...a worthy find."
• James Reasoner on THE LAST MATCH: "Dodge’s breezy, fast-paced style is an absolute joy to read, and the scenes of local color on the Riviera and in South America are excellent...highly recommended."

"Pure virtuosity."

— The New York Times

"Hard-hitting...the find of the month."

— Time

"Fast and exciting."

— The New Yorker