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The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

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A Shocking Verdict. A Stigmatized Husband.A Woman's Ruthless Quest for Justice. Valeria Brinton has just married the love of her life, Eustace Woodville, believing a future of absolute happiness awaits them. But her world is instantly shattered during their honeymoon when a dark, hidden secret about her husband's past comes to light. Eustace has been living under a false name to escape a horrific stigma. Years earlier, he was put on trial for the brutal murder of his first wife. The Scottish court delivered a devastating and ambiguous verdict unique to their legal system: "Not Proven." Neither legally guilty nor fully cleared, Eustace is cast back into society as a marked man. While everyone, including her own family, urges Valeria to abandon her disgraced husband, she refuses to let an incomplete law dictate their destiny. Driven by an unbreakable devotion and a fierce analytical mind, she launches her own independent investigation into the cold case. Weaponizing her intellect against a wall of societal prejudice, missing documents, and deceptive witnesses, she descends into a dangerous web of family secrets to find the definitive proof that will clear Eustace's name.

A Shocking Verdict. A Stigmatized Husband.A Woman's Ruthless Quest for Justice. Valeria Brinton has just married the love of her life, Eustace Woodville, believing a future of absolute happiness awaits them. But her world is instantly shattered during their honeymoon when a dark, hidden secret about her husband's past comes to light. Eustace has been living under a false name to escape a horrific stigma. Years earlier, he was put on trial for the brutal murder of his first wife. The Scottish court delivered a devastating and ambiguous verdict unique to their legal system: "Not Proven." Neither legally guilty nor fully cleared, Eustace is cast back into society as a marked man. While everyone, including her own family, urges Valeria to abandon her disgraced husband, she refuses to let an incomplete law dictate their destiny. Driven by an unbreakable devotion and a fierce analytical mind, she launches her own independent investigation into the cold case. Weaponizing her intellect against a wall of societal prejudice, missing documents, and deceptive witnesses, she descends into a dangerous web of family secrets to find the definitive proof that will clear Eustace's name.
  • Isbn
    9786253879983
  • Peso
    820.8 KB
  • Número de páginas
    484
  • Idioma
    Inglés
  • Formato
    EPUB
  • Protección
    DRM
  • Referencia
    BKW198208
Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

Autor

(Londres, 8 de enero de 1824 - ib., 23 de septiembre de 1889) fue un novelista, dramaturgo y autor de relatos cortos inglés. Fue muy popular en su tiempo, dejando escritas 27 novelas, más de 60 relatos cortos, al menos 14 obras de teatro y más de 100 obras de no ficción. 

Es considerado uno de los creadores del género de novela policíaca, a través de una narrativa caracterizada por la atmósfera de misterio y fantasía, el suspense melodramático y el relato minucioso. Sus obras más conocidas son La dama de blanco (1860), Armadale (1866) y La piedra lunar (1868).