Before the fact / Frances Iles ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iles, Francis, 1893-1971, author.

Contributor:

Edwards, Martin, 1955- writer of introduction.

Series:

British Library crime classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husband and wife--Fiction.

Husband and wife.

Married people--Fiction.

Married people.

Truthfulness and falsehood--Fiction.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Deception--Fiction.

Deception.

Despair--Fiction.

Despair.

Murderers--Fiction.

Murderers.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, [2025]

Summary:

"'Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband for nearly eight years before she realized that she was married to a murderer.' With these opening words, 'Before the fact' ushers the reader into the dark and experimental world of Francis Iles's crime fiction. Written in the wake of his groundbreaking murderer's-perspective novel 'Malice aforethought,' 'Before the fact' sees the author applying his signature flair for thrilling suspense and human insight. The twisting narrative is told from the viewpoint of a wife as she navigates a life with her disquieting yet charismatic husband--and the mounting peril of his murderous intentions"--Back cover.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Gollancz, 1932.

"Adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock as Suspicion"--Cover.

Other Format:

Online version: Iles, Frances, 1893-1971. Before the fact

ISBN:

9781464237614

1464237611

OCLC:

1458290254