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The Dead Secret

by Wilkie Collins

A maidservant is forced by her dying mistress to conceal a deep family secret, at great personal cost to herself.

Themes: Fiction · Mystery

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Two servants whisper in the kitchen, counting the minutes their mistress has left—this opening pulls you into a night where a secret is already taking shape, in hushed, conspiratorial tones.

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