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Maggie Wilson was only 33, but life in the teeming streets of Walworth was not that easy in 1908 - not if you were a widow with four young daughters. It was pretty much a hand-to-mouth existence, and without the lodger Maggie really wouldn't have managed at all.

Constable Harry Bradshaw thought the Wilsons were a gutsy and brave little family - from the youngest and cheekiest, Daisy, up to the elegant Trary, 13 years old and quite the young lady. But the one who won most of his admiration was Maggie herself, fighting her lonely battle against total poverty.

And his fears for her concerned more than just their lack of money. For a murderer was loose in South London - a rather sinister strangler who obviously knew the local streets and alleys very well indeed. A full-scale investigation was put in hand, and Harry was told, in particular, to inquire into any new lodgers who had moved into the district. And there was something very peculiar indeed about Maggie Wilson's lodger.

©2011 Mary Jane Staples (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Urban
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Loved the description and the characters were brought to life perfectly through the narrator. Already reading another book by the author!

Great story, brilliant narration

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This is the only male narrated book by MJS that I have listened to. It was an absolute delight and totally different from the fabulous Adams family saga series. I cannot recommend highly enough.

could not stop listening

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This was enjoyable, and I liked the new characters. Different from the Adams family series.

enjoy this,

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Absolutely loved this book. I generally go for nitty gritty thrillers but this was a book full of absolute charm along with a great story.
I’m now a diehard fan.

What a wonderful story, read by an extraordinarily brilliant narrator.

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a seriel killer is loose. theres a family of 4 girls and widowed mum so we have romance. but theres also lots of laughs along the way.

fun, family life and a thriller too

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