Malice Aforethought

by Anthony Berkeley Cox · first published 1931

Malice Aforethought (1931) is a crime novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox, using the pen name Francis Iles. It is an early and prominent example of the "inverted detective story", claimed to have been invented by R. Austin Freeman some years earlier. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which gives the reader insight into the workings of his mind as his plans progress. It also contains elements of black comedy, and of serious treatment of underlying tensions in a superficially respectable community.

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Genre:

Crime fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.7 / 5 (3 on Open Library)

Year page:

1931