Wilkie Collins
1) Armadale
3) After Dark
5) No name
6) Basil
7) Man and Wife
11) A Rogue's Life
12) The Black Robe
17) The New Magdalen
Regarded as one of the finest storytellers of the Victorian era, Wilkie Collins was able to inject realism and insightful commentary into his tales without detracting at all from their page-turning readability. In the tightly plotted novel The New Magdalen, Collins takes on several weighty social issues that give readers a fascinating glimpse into life in nineteenth-century Britain.
18) Poor Miss Finch
19) "I Say No"
In the mood for a tightly plotted whodunit? Check out I Say No from Wilkie Collins, an author recognized as one of the most important figures in the development of the detective fiction genre. A unlikely heroine takes on the role of detective and uncovers the truth about her family's troubled history.