Crime Classics: Before the Fact (Paperback)

from mrtall

In this delightful psychological thriller that seems far ahead of its time, Iles plumbs the depths of a devastatingly dysfunctional marriage. Johnny Ayesgarth is a rogue of the first order, but it's Lina, his mousy, deluded bride, who's Iles's tour de force of character development. Lina is cleve...

from DeltaQueen50

I was looking forward to reading Before the Fact by Francis Iles as the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Suspicion" was based upon this book. Also I had read a book by this author before and really enjoyed it. Luckily, I was very taken with this story, although I admit that there were times when I had str...

from ChazziFrazz

It took me a while to get through it. It isn't my cup of tea, but I had to finish it. Short reads got me through.Francis Illes style is of the psychological thriller rather than the outright who-done-it. There are no police, no outright victim, but there is crime. Tension is the primary mood in t...

from booksandscones

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." Amen. Francis Iles (Anthony Berkeley Cox) must have been a complete misogynist to have created such a hopeless, useless, idiotic female character as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth. I purely hated this book. I bought ...

from mstrust

Lina is in her late twenties and known as the smart sister while her younger sister, Joyce, is the pretty one. Lina is smart enough to know her looks aren't getting her anywhere but she isn't a genius, just a young woman from a very wealthy family who desperately wants to have a husband who loves...