When there is a murder in a hospital, the police think they have an open and shut case, but a psychiatrist who was a patient in the hospital and knows everyone involved, including the police, believes the wrong person has been convicted in ‘Locked Ward’ by Anne Buist.Catherine Johns’ novel, ‘Maggie’, delves into the ramifications of an illicit relationship between a convent school girl and a young priest and the social ramifications of what was all too common as recently as the 60’s when the novel is set.