The Other Mrs Walker

<p><b>Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.</b><br><i><br><b>The Other Mrs Walker</b></i><b> is the beguiling debut from Mary Paulson-Ellis, for fans of Kate Atkinson and Sarah Waters.<br></b><br><i>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 . . . </i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>She soon finds herself a job at the Office for Lost People, tracking down the families of those who have died neglected and alone.<br><br>But what Margaret Penny cannot yet know, is just how entangled her own life will become in the death of one lonely stranger . . .<br><br>''One of the strongest debuts of the year'' <i>Herald</i><br><br>''Full of twists and turns'' <i>Independent</i><br><br>''A wonderful, inventive debut . . . I can''t wait to see what this author has up her sleeve next'' Fanny Blake, <i>Daily Mail</i></p>