Fortune Is a Woman is a 1952 thriller novel by the British writer Winston Graham.Woods p.146 An insurance investigator investigates a fire at a manor house, and becomes involved with a married woman who might be guilty of fraud.
Film adaptation In 1957 it was turned into film of the same title directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl and Dennis Price.Goble p.189
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Woods, Tim. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge, 2008.