
Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1864

Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 1862
480 pages
When a new, much younger wife arrives at Audley Court, her charm hides an unsettled past. Her husband's nephew's idle curiosity about a missing man turns into a quiet investigation of the woman everyone else adores, and of the secret she has buried.
Faked Death, Femme Fatale, Gothic, Dual Identity, Twist Ending