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A haunting psychological mystery from Wilkie Collins, the master of Victorian suspense. When young Valeria Macallan marries the charming Eustace Woodville, she believes she has found perfect happiness — until she discovers a devastating secret: her husband was tried for the murder of his first wife, and the Scottish jury returned the infamous verdict of "Not Proven," a decision that leaves him both legally innocent and socially condemned. Refusing to accept the verdict as final, Valeria defies her husband's desperate pleas for secrecy and launches her own investigation, delving into the shadowy corners of Victorian high society, a grotesque and brilliant disabled witness, and a web of hidden motives that stretches from Edinburgh courtrooms to the smoky concert halls of London. As she uncovers layer after layer of the truth, Valeria risks her reputation, her marriage, and even her life to clear her husband's name — and to uncover a secret that has lain buried for a decade. Told with Collins' signature intricate plotting, vivid character work, and relentless narrative tension, *The Law and the Lady* remains one of the finest detective novels of the Victorian era.
