Mary Elizabeth
The sweeping novel The Golden Calf combines the best of both worlds: a complex, unpredictable plot fraught with suspense and insightful social commentary that lends the book more heft and gravity than are found in many of Braddon's other works. A case of mistaken identity leads to a ill-begotten marriage, and well-meaning bride Ida Palliser finds herself plunged into a series of tragedies.
Victorian-era novelist Marry Elizabeth Braddon rose to literary acclaim on the strength of her intricately plotted tales, a talent that is on full display in the gripping mystery Henry Dunbar. After festering for decades, a long-simmering family feud finally boils over, resulting in coldblooded murder. A bold identity theft further compounds the tragedy.
8) Eating right
11) I am honest
12) Circles
14) Ii
16) Triangles
Moving away somewhat from the melodrama-heavy plots of her earlier works, Mary Elizabeth Braddon's The Lovels of Arden is a sweeping family epic that will appeal to fans of Jane Austen or Downton Abbey. With the family fortune and reputation on the line, the Lovels are forced to take desperate measures. Will daughter Clarissa be able to balance her familial obligations and her own quest for happiness?
20) Birds of Prey
Popular Victorian-era writer Mary Elizabeth Braddon offers up another engrossing thriller with Birds of Prey, the prequel to Charlotte's Inheritance. Faced with the failure of his newly established London practice, depraved dentist Philip Sheldon hatches an evil plot to recoup his losses. Will innocent victim Charlotte Halliday be able to escape his clutches?