<div>An Oxford don&rsquo;s death in an opium den is investigated by the literary detective duo&mdash;with some help from fellow author Charles Dodgson . . . One dank November night, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are called to a part of London notorious for its opium dens&mdash;where an Oxford history don has been found murdered. Eager to escape the drudgery of a London winter, the two amateur detectives willingly accept Inspector Field&rsquo;s orders to travel on the new railway line to Oxford, where Collins was once a student, to conduct an undercover investigation. Once in Oxford, they enlist the help of Collins&rsquo;s old schoolmate, Charles Dodgson (who will soon be known to the world as Lewis Carroll), a brilliant mind on the verge of becoming the youngest don in Oxford&rsquo;s history. Together, they encounter a complex conspiracy punctuated by murder, political radicalism, and revenge . . . &ldquo;Vibrant Victorian social history and intriguing biographical details about Dickens&rdquo; enliven this unique historical mystery with a literary twist from the author of The Detective and Mr. Dickens (Booklist).</div>

The Dons and Mr. Dickens

<div>Charles Dickens helps hunt for a double murder on the gritty streets of London in a historical mystery with &ldquo;plenty of Victoriana&rdquo; (Booklist). It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes . . . The ghastly double murder of a society doctor&rsquo;s beautiful wife and her maid reunites celebrated novelist Charles Dickens, his proteg&eacute; Wilkie Collins, and the formidable Inspector Field of the Metropolitan Protectives in another brilliant quest for justice. They manage to defend old friend and ex-burglar Tally Ho Thompson, who&rsquo;s arrested at the scene&mdash;but then the case takes the men from the pestilential cells of Newgate to the city&rsquo;s steamiest dives. Gamblers, thieves, swells, whores, and Collins&rsquo;s fiery lover, Irish Meg, will all join in chasing a killer who is the stuff of nightmares . . . This is the thrilling follow-up to The Detective and Mr. Dickens&mdash;praised as &ldquo;a superb performance&rdquo; by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and &ldquo;a delightful hot toddy of a read&rdquo; by the Los Angeles Times. </div>

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The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens

<div>Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins reveal the darker side of Victorian London&mdash;and a killer&rsquo;s identity&mdash;in this &ldquo;well-crafted adventure&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Charles Dickens is smitten with Ellen Ternan, a teenage actress, and heads to the country to retrieve her from the home for fallen women run by Angela Burdett-Coutts&mdash;who also owns one of England&rsquo;s largest banks and has recently received an anonymous threatening note. Back in London, Dickens and his fellow writer Wilkie Collins give the note to Inspector Field. But more urgent worries are to come. Both men&rsquo;s paramours&mdash;the actress as well as a former prostitute&mdash;have been attending Women&rsquo;s Emancipation Society meetings. When a young feminist is found fatally strangled at the scene of a robbery at Coutts Bank, Ellen, whose scarf was the murder weapon, is arrested. And it is up to Dickens to clear her name&mdash;hopefully without sullying his own, since at the time of the killing, the two were together in a hotel room . . . &ldquo;The story offers not only a mystery but also a look at some of the more prurient aspects of nineteenth-century London society . . . Atmospheric and cunningly plotted . . . Absorbing.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens

<div>The first and greatest sensation novel, a thrilling story of evil thwarted and love reclaimed The night before he leaves London for a temporary engagement in the North of England, drawing instructor Walter Hartright walks home on an empty, moonlit road. Suddenly a hand reaches out of the darkness and touches him on the shoulder. Terrified, he turns to find a woman, dressed all in white, who begs him for help in getting to a friend&rsquo;s place in the city. By a strange coincidence, the woman knows Limmeridge House, the country estate to which Walter is traveling in the morning. Stranger still, she refuses to reveal anything else about herself, including her name. Only after he sees her safely into a cab does Walter learn the truth&mdash;the woman in white has just escaped from an insane asylum. In Limmeridge, Walter falls in love with one of his students, the beautiful and virtuous Laura Fairlie. An orphan in the care of her invalid uncle, Laura is engaged to Sir Percival Glyde, a baronet. She follows through with the marriage despite her feelings for Walter, but soon realizes her mistake. Sir Percival will stop at nothing to gain complete control of Laura&rsquo;s inheritance, and his diabolical plot hinges on her astonishing resemblance to the mysterious woman in white. It is up to Walter and Marian, Laura&rsquo;s devoted half-sister, to rescue fair Laura from a fate worse than death. With its shocking twists and spine-chilling suspense, The Woman in White charted a whole new course for popular fiction. Devilishly entertaining and deadly serious in its indictment of Victorian marriage laws that impoverished women, it is widely recognized as one the nineteenth century&rsquo;s finest novels. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

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The Woman in White

<div>A trio of elderly bachelors plays Cupid in this ingeniously crafted novel by one of the 19th-century&rsquo;s finest storytellers A widowed lawyer named Griffith has been appointed legal guardian of Jessie, a lively young woman. In order for Jessie to claim her inheritance, her late father&rsquo;s will stipulates that she must spend 6 weeks with Griffith each year. Consequently, Jessie travels to a remote part of Wales to the castle where the lawyer and his 2 brothers reside. To everyone&rsquo;s surprise and delight, Jessie and the 3 men get along splendidly. Hoping that she will stay to meet Griffith&rsquo;s son, who is on his way home from the Crimean War, the brothers devise a plan &agrave; la Scheherezade: Each night they will tell Jessie a new thrilling story that will enchant her into staying. This ebook features a new introduction from Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

The Queen of Hearts

<div>A tragic tale of family and misfortune from the author of The Woman in White When their beloved parents die in quick succession, Magdalen and Norah Vanstone find that their world has been torn asunder. Through a legal technicality, their father&rsquo;s will renders them without a legitimate claim to their inheritance. All of their family&rsquo;s money goes to their uncle, and the orphaned girls are left reeling. Reduced to utter poverty, Norah takes a job as a governess. But Magdalen is determined to win back what is rightfully theirs. In this deft and moving story, Wilkie Collins weaves a powerful narrative of justice and familial bonds. This ebook features a new introduction from Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

No Name

<div>A groundbreaking detective story by the celebrated author of The Moonstone When Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville, both families object strongly. Before long, Valeria realizes that they may have been right to voice their concerns. Eustace, it seems, is living under an assumed name. This alone would be enough to rouse his new bride&rsquo;s suspicions, but worse still, she discovers that he stood trial for the murder of his 1st wife! Although Eustace was not found guilty, the court was unable to find sufficient evidence to exonerate him. Determined to clear her husband&rsquo;s name and prove&mdash;to herself and everyone else&mdash;that he is innocent, Valeria takes the sleuthing into her own hands. Widely considered to be the 1st story featuring a female detective, The Law and the Lady is an intricate and classic tale. This ebook features a new introduction from Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

The Law and the Lady

<div>The mysterious death of an English lord in Venice haunts the living in this nineteenth-century gothic novel by the author of The Woman in White.Agnes Lockwood was devastated when her fianc&eacute;, Lord Montbarry, broke off their engagement to marry Countess Narona. But she was even more devastated to learn of Montbarry&rsquo;s death in Venice not long thereafter. A rundown palazzo would not only be the last stop on the newlyweds&rsquo; continental tour, but also the lord&rsquo;s final resting place. Though it was confirmed that Montbarry died of natural causes, the life insurance policy favoring the countess certainly raised suspicion. And what of their servant who mysteriously disappeared? Years later, the palazzo has been remodeled into a fashionable hotel. But when Agnes and Montbarry&rsquo;s brother Henry Westwick arrange to stay there, the grim history of the place makes itself known in a series of hauntings. As these occurrences lead to revelations, Agnes and Henry wonder if they are being haunted by a ghost&mdash;or a crime.</div>

The Haunted Hotel

<div>The novel that T. S. Eliot called &ldquo;the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels&rdquo; Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel&rsquo;s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins&rsquo;s masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

The Moonstone

<div>From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man&rsquo;s hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance . . . Lewis Romayne has just returned to Vange Abbey, his home in England, after a traumatic experience in France that still haunts him. Trying to shake his memories of a fatal duel, Romayne visits London, where he meets and falls in love with his future bride. But he soon finds himself the object of one man&rsquo;s obsession. Father Benwell, a priest, is determined to convert Romayne to the Catholic faith in order to regain the abbey, the latter man&rsquo;s home, which once belonged to the church. Benwell will do anything to accomplish his goal&mdash;even sabotage Romayne&rsquo;s new marriage by exposing a hidden scandal. As this riveting drama unfolds, Romayne must finally decide who is truly entitled to his heart, his soul, and his property.</div>

The Black Robe

<div>In this short story by four great Victorian authors, a woman&rsquo;s fascination with an abandoned house reveals mystery and intrigue within. Written by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter, &ldquo;A House to Let&rdquo; tells the story of an elderly woman who moves to London for a change of scenery. Fascinated by signs of life emanating from a supposedly abandoned house, she entreats two rival helpers to investigate. On their journey to uncovering the truth, they return to their mistress with competing tales of men lost at sea, bizarre circus performers, forged death certificates, and more.</div>

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Books By Wilkie Collins (7 Books)

The Woman in White

The Queen of Hearts

No Name

The Law and the Lady

The Haunted Hotel

The Moonstone

The Black Robe

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The Queen of Hearts

No Name

The Law and the Lady

The Haunted Hotel

The Moonstone

The Black Robe

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