Margot Arnold is the pseudonym of Petronelle Marguerite Mary Cook. She was born in Plymouth

Plymouth

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, Devon

Devon

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, England

England

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. She received a B.A. with a Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology in 1947, and an M.A. in 1950 from Oxford University. She is a long-time resident of Hyannis, Massachusetts

Hyannis, Massachusetts

Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape"...

. She is a mystery fiction

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writer, creator of the Dr. Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series, about an anthropologist and an archeologist based at Oxford University, England.

List of Penny Spring And Sir Toby Glendower Novels in Order

1. Exit Actors, Dying (1979)
2. Zadok's Treasure (1979)
3. The Cape Cod Caper (1980)
4. Death of a Voodoo Doll (1982)
5. Death on the Dragon's Tongue (1982)
6. Lament for a Lady Laird (1982)
7. The Menehune Murders (1989)
8. Toby's Folly (1990)
9. The Catacomb Conspiracy (1991)
10. The Cape Cod Conundrum (1992)
11. Dirge for a Dorset Druid (1994)
12. The Midas Murders (1995)

Other Novels

• Portrait of Caroline (1958)
• The Officers' Woman (1972)
• The Villa On the Palatine (1975)
• Marie, Voodoo Queen (1981)
• Affairs of State (1982)
• Love Among the Allies (1985)
• Desperate Measures (1986)
• Sinister Purposes (1988)