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Margot Bennett Margot Bennett i(A45841 works by)
Born: Established: 1912
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Dec 1980
Gender: Female
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2 y separately published work icon The Furious Masters Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1968 Z808923 1968 single work novel science fiction

'When the placid township of Higherfield discovers a mysterious spacecraft on High Moor, everything changes for the locals, the media and even the usually-unflappable Prime Minister.'

Source: Abebooks.
1 No Bath for the Browns Margot Bennett , 1965 single work short story
— Appears in: Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Stories Not for the Nervous 1965; (p. 118-120)
1 form y separately published work icon The Big Spender Margot Bennett , ( dir. Richard Martin ) London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1965-1966 23249004 1965 series - publisher film/TV thriller

Tom Masefield, suspended from police duty on charges of corruption and at odds with his fiancee Tessa, returns to his flat to find a stranger who offers him £10,000 for a week's work. He finds himself in the grip of a desperate gang planning a daring bank heist, and who are not afraid to use Tessa as leverage.

Source: BBC Genome.
1 y separately published work icon That Summer's Earthquake Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1963 Z808920 1963 single work novel

'Margot Bennett's new novel is a story of love and jealousy set against a background of sheep farming in New Zealand. Andrew Wallace, a determined and dominating older brother, who despises what he calls artificial feminine tricks, takes his admiring little sister, Jenny, to a sheep station in New Zealand and trains her to work like a boy [. . .] When summer comes, she is wholly alive; in love with the beauty of the land; and ready to direct all her intensity to the man she works with, Andrew's hired hand, Sam.'

Source: Dust cover.
1 form y separately published work icon Killer in the Band Margot Bennett , ( dir. Patrick Dromgoole ) London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1962 23248600 1962 single work film/TV thriller
1 form y separately published work icon The Crowning Touch Margot Bennett , ( dir. David Eady ) United Kingdom (UK) : Crescent Films , 1959 23253110 1959 single work film/TV Several stories linked through the motif of a hat.
1 form y separately published work icon The Man Who Liked Funerals Margot Bennett , England : Penington Eady Productions , 1959 23249966 1959 single work film/TV In order to help an impoverished youth club, a man begins attending funerals and blackmailing the families of the recently deceased ... a plan that goes badly when he attempts to blackmail the family of a prominent criminal.
1 form y separately published work icon The Widow of Bath Margot Bennett , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1959 23248678 1959 series - publisher film/TV crime In a small seaside town, a former prisoner, now making his way working for a travel agency, runs into a woman whom he once knew and her mysterious associates: accompanying them back to her house, he is present when her husband is murdered and the body mysteriously disappears.
4 y separately published work icon Someone from the Past Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1958 Z808917 1958 single work novel crime

'Pretty and promiscuous Bohemian woman is bumped off, and not quite so pretty and promiscuous girl friend sets out to discover by which of a string of former lovers. The plot is riddled with coincidences, but this stylish writer has a keen eye for the London scene, and an ear for the spoken word, with a dry, sharp tongue of her own'.

Source:

'It's a Crime', The Spectator, 4 July 1958, p.45.
1 form y separately published work icon The Sun Divorce Margot Bennett , ( dir. Philip Saville ) London : Rediffusion Television , 1956 23249102 1956 single work film/TV
6 y separately published work icon The Man Who Didn't Fly Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1955 Z808914 1955 single work novel crime detective

Four men are supposed to board a plane, but when it crashes, only three men are found. Where is the fourth man?
1 y separately published work icon The Long Way Back Margot Bennett , London : Bodley Head , 1954 Z808911 1954 single work novel science fiction

In the 27th century, African countries are on the brink of nuclear war with South America. A group of African explorers travel to the barely remembered British Isles–devastated centuries before in a nuclear war–to track down any remaining signs of civilisation among the chaos.
1 y separately published work icon Farewell Crown and Goodbye King Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1953 Z808908 1953 single work novel mystery
3 y separately published work icon The Widow of Bath Margot Bennett , New York (City) : Doubleday , 1952 Z808905 1952 single work novel crime
2 y separately published work icon The Golden Pebble Margot Bennett , London : Nicholson and Watson , 1948 Z808902 1948 single work novel thriller
3 y separately published work icon Away Went the Little Fish Margot Bennett , New York (City) : Doubleday , 1947 9314157 1947 single work novel crime
2 y separately published work icon Time to Change Hats Margot Bennett , London : Nicholson and Watson , 1945 Z808896 1945 single work novel crime

Margot Bennett's first crime novel, which introduced her recurring detective, John Davies.

Said to be a rural comedy of manners in the same line as British author Edmund Crispin.
1 An Old Fashioned Poker for my Uncle's Head Margot Bennett , 1942 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Lilliput 1942; The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , February no. 6 1956; (p. 61-65)
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