Before the Fact Quotes

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

“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

“Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry them.”
― Francis Iles, Before the Fact