The Dead Secret - World's Classics Author:Wilkie Collins A mystery of unrelenting suspense and penetrating characterization, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of romance and Gothic drama. Reprinted here in the only critical edition available, is the text — of the first edition, including Collins's preface an... more »d revisions. A superb introduction relates the text to Collins's love of the theatre, and previous and subsequent works.« less