Lady Audley's Secret

Lady Audley’s Secret was Mary Elizabeth Braddon's most successful and well known novel. According to critic John Sutherland (1989) it is "the most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels." The plot centers on "accidental bigamy" The beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. Combining the elements of the detective novel, the psychological thriller and the romance of upper class life, this sensational novel uncovers the truth about the heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder.Lady Audley's Secret