Margot Bennett: Someone from the Past
I’m a little bit jealous of Someone From the Past – it came out in 1958, the same year I did, yet it remains fresh, vital and contemporary, unlike some of us of a similar age. What I like most about it is the vivid voice of the narrator, Nancy, who is snarky, calculating, confused and altogether real. One evening her estranged former best friend Sarah approaches her unexpectedly and tells her that ever since she announced her engagement to her ultimate prize, a corporate director, she’s received letters threatening to kill her, apparently from an ex-lover. When she’s killed the next day, that list of exes becomes a list of suspects.