The second-last woman in England
By: Maggie Joel
Publisher: Canvas
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781472101938; 9781472104021; 9781472104984
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: 1953: Mrs Harriet Wallis is convicted of the murder of her husband, Cecil, and is sentenced to death by hanging. 1952: The Wallises appear to be a conventional household. When the police turn up at the front door, on the day a new nanny arrives, a chain of events is set in motion that will culminate in Cecil's murder. An employee at Cecil's firm has embezzled money and Cecil is implicated. Meanwhile, his wife Harriet is dismayed by the reappearance of a man she did not expect to see again ...