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Francis Iles

Born

in Watford, The United Kingdom

July 05, 1893

Died

March 09, 1971

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories, History

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Francis Iles is a pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox who also wrote under the names A.B. Cox, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.

Cox was born in Watford and was educated at Sherborne School and University College London.

He served in the Army in World War I and thereafter worked as a journalist, contributing a series of humourous sketches to the magazine 'Punch'. These were later published collectively (1925) under the Anthony Berkeley pseudonym as 'Jugged Journalism' and the book was followed by a series of minor comic novels such as 'Brenda Entertains' (1925), 'The Family Witch' (1925) and 'The Professor on Paws' (1926).

It was also in 1925 when he published, anonymously to begin with, his first detective novel, 'The Layton Court Myste ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 3,379 ratings · 543 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Malice Aforethought 3.93 avg rating — 2,253 ratings — published 1931 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before the Fact 3.58 avg rating — 1,068 ratings — published 1932	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As for the Woman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1939 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Famous Murder Novels: Before the Fact / Trent's Last Case / The House of the Arrow (Modern Library Giant, G66.1) by Francis Iles, Bennett Cerf (Introduction), E.C. Bentley 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Journey liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1935	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	レディに捧げる殺人物語 (創元推理文庫 124-2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Complicité by Francis Iles, Edmond Michel-Tyl (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime by Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley Cox 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Suspicion is a tenuous thing, so impalpable that the exact moment of its birth is not easy to determine.”
― Francis Iles, Before the Fact

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“Whether one’s husband is meditating larceny on a grand scale or whether he is not”
― Francis Iles, Before the Fact

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“And as things turned out, the only lasting difference that her discovery of the notebook made to Lina was the loss of three hundred pounds a year. In a fit of panic at the remembrance of what Johnnie had once done when he was short of money, she had raised his allowance again to five hundred a year. So Johnnie scored.”
― Francis Iles, Before the Fact

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Which Golden Age English Mystery would you like to read with us during February? Please vote here, and remember to call back during the final week of January, to see if your choice won!

Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon

17 votes, 31.5%

Crossed Skis: An Alpine Mystery by Carol Carnac

16 votes, 29.6%

Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

11 votes, 20.4%

Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts

10 votes, 18.5%

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