The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
1859
Books with the “Mistaken Identity” trope
A character is taken for someone else, or impersonates another, causing confusion.
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Plot twists · Mistaken Identity
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Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
1923
The Three Coffins
John Dickson Carr
1935
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
1955
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware
2019
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale
2003
The Likeness
Tana French
2008
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
1881
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Elle Cosimano
2021
The False Prince
Jennifer A. Nielsen
2012
The Postman
David Brin
1985
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson
2020
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Faustian Bargain
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
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A wronged character spends the story hunting down the people who hurt them.
Locked Room Mystery
A crime happens in a room that is apparently sealed from the inside, with no way in or out.
Dual Identity
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.