Sensation and family-secret crime novels

10 books

ArmadaleWilkie Collins · 1866A Victorian sensation novel by Wilkie Collins, published in 1866, telling a story of intertwined family fates beginning with two English strangers, both named Armadale or Neal, who arrive as invalids at a German spa town in 1832.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Lady Audley's SecretM. E. Braddon · 1862A Victorian sensation novel by M. E. Braddon, first published in 1862, centered on Lady Audley, a mysterious young governess who marries the wealthy baronet Sir Michael Audley, whose past and hidden secrets unsettle his household.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

No NameWilkie Collins · 1862A three-volume Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins, published in 1862, whose preface describes it as depicting a human struggle between good and evil, centered on a character named Magdalen. The story opens at a Somerset country house in 1846, introducing the Vanstone family and their governess, Miss Garth.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Dead Secret: A NovelWilkie Collins · 1857This novel by Wilkie Collins details a mysterious tragedy set in a Cornish country house. Servants investigate the suffering lady's-maid, Sarah Leeson, whose striking white hair hides a deep, untold secret of grief and pain.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Forsaken Inn: A NovelAnna Katharine Green · 1890A mystery novel in which a traveler takes refuge from a storm near a deserted inn and receives a manuscript written by its former landlady, recounting her unease over a mysterious couple who once lodged there in 1775.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern VeniceWilkie Collins · 1878A mystery novel by Victorian author Wilkie Collins, published in 1878, set in Venice. It opens with a London physician consulted by a mysterious foreign lady who fears she is going mad after a disturbing experience.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles Dickens · 1870A mystery novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1870, which follows an opium-using cathedral choirmaster and other residents of the cathedral town of Cloisterham. The book centers on the title character Edwin Drood and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The trail of the serpentM. E. Braddon · 1860A novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, first published in 1860, that follows a seemingly respectable schoolmaster in the town of Slopperton and a murder investigation involving a detective, inquests, and a mystery traced across England and abroad.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins · 1859An 1859 novel by Wilkie Collins, told by multiple narrators like witnesses in court, that follows drawing teacher Walter Hartright as he becomes entangled in a mysterious family story involving a woman in white.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Wyllard's Weird: A NovelM. E. Braddon · 1885A three-volume Victorian mystery novel by the author of Lady Audley's Secret, set in Cornwall, where a young woman falls or is thrown from a train at a viaduct, leaving local gentlemen and an inquest to question whether her death was accident, suicide, or murder.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية