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Maggie Joel

Half the World in Winter

By Maggie Joel - Published 2015

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Set in 1880, the novel begins with a train accident in which three people are killed. The life of bereaved father Thomas Brinklow becomes ...Read Review

The Second-Last Woman in England

By Maggie Joel - Published 2013

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Mystery/Crime

Harriet Wallis, middle-class wife and mother in a respectable neighbourhood, has been accused of shooting her husband. But why would she want to ...Read Review

Maggie Joel

Half the World in Winter

The Second-Last Woman in England

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