{"product_id":"9780712355506","title":"Before the Fact","description":"Author: Francis Iles\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712355506\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Aug 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of \u003ci\u003eMalice Aforethought\u003c\/i\u003e, novelist Anthony Berkeley Cox returned to his Francis Iles pen-name for another experiment in the inverted mystery. Where \u003ci\u003eMalice Aforethought \u003c\/i\u003eis a study of murder from the perpetrator's perspective, \u003ci\u003eBefore the Fact\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful tale of the suspicions of a possible victim and her impressions of disquieting husband Johnnie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsettling and gripping for its incisive portrayal of human emotion and fears, this experimental classic of crime fiction was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film \u003ci\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/i\u003e, but remains an arresting literary read today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814052155550,"sku":"ADS-9780712355506","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712355506.jpg?v=1778333017","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712355506","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}