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Margot Bennett

Born

in Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1912

Died

December 06, 1980

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Scottish author Margot Bennett was born in 1912 and worked first first as a copywriter in the UK and Australia and then as a nurse during the Spanish Civil War before turning to writing. Her output in crime fiction was relatively small, yet successful: The Man Who Didn't Fly was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and was runner-up to Charlotte Armstrong's A Dram of Poison for Best Novel at the Edgars in 1956, and she won the Gold Dagger two years later in 1958 with Someone from the Past. She was also chosen to contribute a short story to the second CWA anthology, Choice Of Weapons, edited by Michael Gilbert. ...more

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	The Widow of Bath by Margot Bennett, Martin Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.40 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 1952 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Didn't Fly 3.18 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1955 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someone from the Past 3.34 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Way Back 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time to Change Hats really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1945	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell Crown and Goodbye King 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ely, Life As A Service Dog Puppy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Country Diary Birthday Book by Margot Bennett, Edith Holden (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Away Went the Little Fish 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Frugal Cake 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1955	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...I...advise you that it is the duty of every citizen to expose and so help to destroy evil.

[Judge Gregory Bath]”
― Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

tags: duty, evil

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“It was so hot the snakes used to get burnt crossing the floor of my hut. it was so hot the mosquitoes turned into fireflies. The kangaroos fainted with the heat. And I was in the middle of it all, hacking away with an axe at the prickly pear, digging with a spade to reach the artesian wells fifty feet below ground - so that the sheep could get a drink. And the nearest pub was ninety-five miles away. It was filled with bearded men who had never seen rain. They carried guns. They shot anyone who tried to make a joke.”
― Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly

tags: australia

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“He [Hugh Everton] picked up the pen and wrote: 'The reasonable man feels no passion. No passion of any kind.' He changed 'feels no passion' to 'is swayed by no passion.' Then he crossed out the whole statement.”
― Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

tags: passion, reasonable-man

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