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Someone from the Past

A London Mystery
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Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett is a gripping crime novel that follows the investigation of a mysterious, unforeseen murder. As secrets from the past converge, the narrative explores betrayal and deception, keeping the reader guessing the true motives of its intriguing characters. Set against an atmospheric backdrop, the story weaves together suspense and tension, leading to unexpected twists.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate a gripping crime and thriller narrative that intertwines past secrets with present danger. The story unfolds with suspenseful twists and turns, keeping you engaged as unexpected revelations come to light. This book may appeal to you if you enjoy character-driven mysteries and a plot that keeps you guessing until the very end.

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Someone from the Past

As the real killer uses the situation to their advantage, Bennett crafts a tense and nuanced story through flashbacks to Sarah's life and loves in this Gold-Dagger-award-winning, Hitchcockian story of deceit and murder.

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Then I felt his warm hand grow cold, it was as if he had been reminded of death. He wasn't looking at me any more, but obliquely, across the restaurant. I turned round.

Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters, seemingly from a former lover. Just one day after revealing this information to her co-worker Nancy, Sarah is found shot in her bedroom by one of her past flames, Donald. Hearing the news and desperate to clear any evidence of Donald's presence at the scene due to her own infatuations, Nancy finds herself as the key suspect when she is discovered in the apartment.

As the real killer uses the situation to their advantage, Bennett crafts a tense and nuanced story through flashbacks to Sarah's life and loves in this Gold-Dagger-award-winning, Hitchcockian story of deceit and murder, Someone from the Past.

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780712354738

Publisher: British Library Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 December 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: British Library Publishing

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Martin Edwards

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

**Margot Bennett **(19121980) was a Scottish author and screenwriter who penned a small, though influential, number of crime, thriller and science fiction novels. Her novels The Man Who Didn't Fly and The Widow of Bath have been republished as British Library Crime Classics.

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