The Law and the Lady (Penguin Classics)

Wilkie Collins’ The Law and the Lady was one of the first classics of English literature to place women in the role of detective, and established the author as the leading practitioner of sensation fiction. Valeria Woodville sets out to clear her husband’s name in the murder of his first wife. If her investigation is fruitful, she’ll be able to free her beloved; if it is not, she risks losing him forever. 382 pages.