Malice Aforethought

By:

Francis Iles

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Hardback

Series:

Macmillan Collector's Library

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Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition features an afterword by crime writing expert and award-winning writer Barry Forshaw. It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter. So begins the classic crime novel Malice Aforethought. Dr Edmund Bickleigh and his insufferable wife Julia are hosting a tennis party where gossip rivals tennis as the most interesting sport. The seemingly genteel doctor is unable to tolerate his wife's incessant henpecking any longer, distracted as he is by his young and attractive female guests. And as his passion for one in particular, the mysterious Madeleine Cranmere, grows, so does his resolve to murder his wife . . . Francis Iles's novel is one of the earliest and finest examples of the inverted detective story - we know who committed the crime, the question is, will he get away with it? Set in stuffy 1920s England and told from the perspective of the devious Dr Bickleigh himself, Malice Aforethought is impeccably plotted and darkly comic.

Author Biography:

Francis Iles was one of the pseudonyms for Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971). He was born in Watford and served in World War I before working as journalist for Punch and The Humorist magazines. He wrote his first novel in 1925 and enjoyed success with his many detective books and short stories. In 1930 he co-founded the famous Detection Club alongside famous crime writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. He wrote four novels under the pseudonym Francis Iles of which Malice Aforethought was the most famous.

Release date NZ

January 24th, 2019

Author

Francis Iles

Series

Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributor

Introduction by Barry Forshaw

Pages

336

Interest Age

From 18 years

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

103x157x22

ISBN-13

9781509889365

Product ID

27700449

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