Malice Aforethought
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For the legal concept, see Malice aforethought.
Malice Aforethought is a 1931 murder mystery novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox, using the name Francis Iles. It involves a Devon physician who slowly poisons his domineering wife to death so he may be with the woman he loves. The novel is a groundbreaking work in that it was the first in the genre to reveal the murderer's identity at the beginning of the story and grant the reader insight into the workings of a criminal mind.
The novel was adapted into a four-part television mini-series by the BBC in 1979, and this version was later featured on the American PBS series, Mystery!, introduced by Vincent Price. Another version was produced by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV in 2005.
