Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon is a suspenseful tale with complex, interesting characters. It is a story about a young woman who marries above her social status, and then is suspected by her husband's nephew to have a secret past.

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I: Lucy

II: On Board the Argus

III: Hidden Relics

IV: In the First Page of the Times

V: The Headstone at Ventnor

VI: Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World

VII: After a Year

VIII: Before the Storm

IX: After the Storm

X: Missing

XI: The Mark Upon My Lady’s Wrist

XII: Still Missing

XIII: Troubled Dreams

XIV: Phoebe’s Suitor

XV: On the Watch

XVI: Robert Audley Gets His Conge

XVII: At the Castle Inn

XVIII: Robert Receives a Visitor Whom He Had Scarcely Expected

XIX: The Writing in the Book

XX: Mrs. Plowson

XXI: Little Georgey Leaves His Old Home

XXII: Coming to a Standstill

XXIII: Clara

XXIV: George’s Letters

XXV: Retrograde Investigation

XXVI: So Far and No Farther

XXVII: Beginning at the Other End

XXVIII: Hidden in the Grave

XXIX: In the Lime-Walk

XXX: Preparing the Ground

XXXI: Phoebe’s Petition

XXXII: The Red Light in the Sky

XXXIII: The Bearer of the Tidings

XXXIV: My Lady Tells the Truth

XXXV: The Hush That Succeeds the Tempest

XXXVI: Dr. Mosgrave’s Advice

XXXVII: Buried Alive

XXXVIII: Ghost-Haunted

XXXIX: That Which the Dying Man Had to Tell

XL: Restored

XLI: At Peace

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Lady Audley’s Secret