The Other Mrs Walker
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By Mary Paulson-Ellis
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Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.
The Other Mrs Walker is the beguiling debut from Mary Paulson-Ellis, for fans of Kate Atkinson and Sarah Waters.
Somehow she’d always known that she would end like this. In a small square room, in a small square flat. In a small square box, perhaps. Cardboard, with a sticker on the outside. And a name . . .
An old lady dies alone and unheeded in a cold Edinburgh flat on a snowy Christmas night. A faded emerald dress hangs in her wardrobe; a spilt glass of whisky pools on the floor.
A few days later a middle-aged woman arrives back in the city she thought she’d left behind, her future uncertain, her past in tatters.
She soon finds herself a job at the Office for Lost People, tracking down the families of those who have died neglected and alone.
But what Margaret Penny cannot yet know, is just how entangled her own life will become in the death of one lonely stranger . . .
‘One of the strongest debuts of the year’ Herald
‘Full of twists and turns’ Independent
‘A wonderful, inventive debut . . . I can’t wait to see what this author has up her sleeve next’ Fanny Blake, Daily Mail
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A lively discussion, but a mixed response to this book. The group agreed it was well written but in places a little disjointed. The characters lacked warmth and the subject matter depressing. One member of the group commented that it was a good detective story different from the run of the mill crime stories. The thing that everyone agreed on was the ending, and the overall conclusion, was one of confusion!
A lively discussion, but a mixed response to this book. The group agreed it was well written but in places a little disjointed. The characters lacked warmth and the subject matter depressing. One member of the group commented that it was a good detective story different from the run of the mill crime stories. The thing that everyone agreed on was the ending, and the overall conclusion, was one of confusion!
