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: Noir, Fiction, Crime, British Literature, Suspense, Classics, Novels, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, 20th Century
ratings_count: 653
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Macmillan