Maggie (1986)

About book Maggie (1986)

Maggie is treated like a chattel by her father and he hands her over to Inspector Macleod who marries her and moves her to his home Glasgow. For a year Maggie endures his brutalities until he dies of arsenic poisoning and she is put on trial for his murder. The Earl of Strathain who sees part of her trial doesn’t believe she is guilty. A drunken bet forces him to ‘marry’ her and he feels duty bound to rescue her from the mob when she is not convicted of the murder.Maggie is taken to live with the Earl’s aunt Sarah Rochester and gradually regains her health. But a shadow continues to hang over her – who did kill her husband? What follows is part love story and part mystery as Maggie and her friends decide there is only one way to dispel the shadow and that is to find out who did kill her husband.I enjoyed this story even though it was much less light hearted than some in this series. Some of the characters are very unpleasant indeed but the darkness is redeemed by Aunt Sarah who is one of those older women who M C Beaton does so well. I liked Maggie too though sometimes I wanted to talk some sense into her. I thought the darker side of Glasgow life at the start of the twentieth century was well done and convincing.If you’re looking for a mystery novel with a dash of romance and some interesting characters then try ‘Maggie’.

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