About this story
She has escaped from somewhere, she will not say where, and she knows the name of the house he is travelling to. Collins invented the sensation novel with this book, and its villain is still one of the best in English: fat, charming, fond of his canaries, and entirely without conscience. Every reply here is yours.
Who you’ll meet
The woman in white on the Finchley Road, with Marian Halcombe watching.
How it opens
The last July evening pressed warm and stale against the windows of Clement's Inn.
Work had thinned with the season, money with work, and health with the London air.
Professor PescaMy dear friend! At last I catch you, and my gratitude catches its opportunity.
Choose
What brings you to my mother's door?
You look as if the news has chased you uphill.
If this is English sport, spare me the water.