Before the Fact (1932) - Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley

Unknown, Anthony Berkeley, Francis Iles

Category: Mystery

Tags: Mystery, Crime, Novel

Before the Fact By: Francis Iles Narrated by: Deryn Edwards Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins Audiobook Release date: 01-07-2024 Language: English Publisher: Soundings, 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., Following the success of Malice Aforethought, novelist Anthony Berkeley Cox returned to his Francis Iles pen-name for another experiment in the inverted mystery. Where Malice Aforethought is a study of murder from the perpetrators perspective, Before the Fact is a masterful tale of the suspicions of a possible victim and her impressions of disquieting husband Johnnie. Unsettling and gripping for its incisive portrayal of human emotion and fears, this experimental classic of crime fiction was the basis for Alfred Hitchcocks film Suspicion, but remains an arresting literary listen today., 1932 The P.D. James Memorial Fund c/o The