Audiobooks by Francis Iles

Malice Aforethought

"In the little hamlet of Wyvern’s Cross, where good manners, tennis and tea are pivotal to the functioning of society, little Dr Bickleigh has a rather large problem: he needs to erase his insufferable wife. His meetings with Ivy are becoming tiresome, and although his burning passion for Gwynyfryd Rattery does not play out as imagined in the toolshed, there is now the infinitely superior Madeleine Cranmere to be worshipped… Resourceful but impulsive, Dr Bickleigh is consumed with the image of his goal. Wickedly funny and playfully frank, this is the best-known novel of Anthony Berkeley (aka Francis Iles), one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. With David Timson doing the telling, it has never been better."

Francis Iles (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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Before the Fact

"'Some 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.' Following the success of Malice Aforethought, novelist Anthony Berkeley Cox returned to his Francis Iles pen-name for another experiment in the inverted mystery. Where Malice Aforethought is a study of murder from the perpetrator's perspective, Before the Fact is a masterful tale of the suspicions of a possible victim and her impressions of disquieting husband Johnnie. Unsettling 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 Suspicion, but remains an arresting literary read today."

Francis Iles (Author), Deryn Edwards (Narrator)

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[German] - Verdacht: von Francis Iles. Gelesen von Jens Wawrczeck. Verfilmt von Alfred Hitchcock

"In Francis Iles' Thriller 'Before the Fact', der Vorlage für 'Suspicion', geht es nicht um das 'Wer' sondern um das 'Ob'. Cox verfasste das Buch unter dem Pseudonym Francis Iles. Sein Protagonist, charming Johnny Aysgarth, wirkt ebenfalls verdächtig 'pseudo'. Lina, ledig und auf dem Weg zur 'alten Jungfer', verfällt ihm sofort und heiratet ihn, obwohl ihre Familie überzeugt ist, daß Johnny nur hinter ihrem Geld her sei. Schließlich besäße Lina zwar einen messerscharfen Verstand, wäre aber nicht die Hübscheste. Und irgendwann im Laufe ihrer Ehe kommt der Punkt, an dem Lina sogar ihren Verstand zu verlieren glaubt. Denn Johnny ist tatsächlich an ihrem Geld interessiert. Auch an ihrem (Ab-)Leben? Lina weiß mittlerweile, dass Johnny ein Lügner, Dieb, Betrüger und Ehebrecher ist. All das hindert sie nicht, ihn weiter zu lieben. Allerdings hat Johnny auch noch zwei Menschen auf dem Gewissen. Lina erkrankt an Influenza – einer Krankheit, die durchaus einen tödlichen Verlauf nehmen kann. Wird Johnny die Situation ausnutzen? Lina ist auf das Äußerste gefasst ..."

Francis Iles, Jens Wawrczeck (Author), Jens Wawrczeck (Narrator)

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