num_pages: 0
description: Lina McLaidlaw waits until she is 30 before accepting a marriage proposal from the feckless and irresponsible Johnnie Aysgarth. As head of a fine household and guardian of both the morals and finances of the man she chose to marry, she finds her husband was, and perhaps still is, a killer.
language: English
title: Before the Fact
titlecomplete: Before the Fact
characters: Lina, Johnnie Aysgarth
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Suspense, Classics, Novels, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 652
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Pan Macmillan