The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems desperate to share a dark secret. The next day Hartright, engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her half sister, tells his pupils about the strange events of the previous evening. Determined to learn all they can about the mysterious woman in white, the three soon find themselves drawn into a chilling vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue.


I read this book because I loved the other Wilkie Collins book I read (The Moonstone). This one was every bit as good as that one was. Great mystery story. I wish Wilkie Collins had written a ton more. Bummer. This is a "classic".