Before The Fact Peter Ashley Everyman DSC Hardback 2007 The Elizabeth Codelle Therapeutic Institute

The Elizabeth Codelle Therapeutic Institute is the world's most exclusive clinic: eye-wateringly expensive and located on a small island off the Welsh coast

and a murder

One afternoon in November 1975

Rome is settled under Septimius Severus and his aspirations for a new dynasty of emperors

a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church

Before The Fact Peter Ashley Everyman DSC Hardback 2007 The Elizabeth Codelle Therapeutic InstituteSwept away by an admirer's charm, Lina McLaidlaw finds herself settled in a life she could never have imagined. Her husband Johnnie is feckless and irresponsible, and even though she accepts he's a murderer, Johnnie still adores her doesn't he?