Lady Audleys Secret (M. E Braddon)

Lady Audleys Secret is, perhaps, the most famous of the Victorian sensation novels. When beautiful young Lucy Graham accepts the hand of Sir Michael Audley, her fortune and her future look secure. But Lady Audleys past is shrouded in mystery, and to Sir Michaels nephew Robert, she is not all that she seems. When his good friend George Talboys suddenly disappears, Robert is determined to find him, and to unearth the truth. His quest reveals a tangled story of lies and deception, crime and intrigue, whose sensational twists turn the conventional picture of Victorian womanhood on its head. Can Roberts darkest suspicions really be true?With an Afterword by Ned Halley.