"There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from heaven, stood the figure of a solitary woman dressed from head to foot in white garments"
Thus begins the action on a lonely moonlit road in north London of what is still the greatest mystery thriller in the English language.
A close friend and colleague of Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins aspired with him to be a story-teller and social reformer. But it is undoubtedly as a supreme master of melodrama that he achieved his greatest success. When 'The Woman in White' first appeared in 1860 it caused enormous excitement, and it has never lost its power to entertain and enthral.

This is an odd suspense book because, virtually from the outset, it is clear that, somehow, two people will swap places. The suspense is how it will happen, what the outcome will be and how those outcomes will be unpicked. I found it totally enthralling.

Taking along to this month's local meeting.
Local BookCrossers meet, from noon on the second Saturday of every month, at Coffee Link, on Neptune Quay. Why not come along and join us? We're easy to spot - we're the people sitting round a table covered in books!

Local BookCrossers meet, from noon on the second Saturday of every month, at Coffee Link, on Neptune Quay. Why not come along and join us? We're easy to spot - we're the people sitting round a table covered in books!