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The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.It was reprinted with a side-by-side examination of the case by Rob Warden in 2005 by Northwestern Press.The Dead Alive was presented on Suspense... Read Full Overview

On the evidence of The Dead Alive, Scott Turow writes in his foreword that Wilkie Collins might well be the first author of a legal thriller. Here is the lawyer out of sorts with his profession; the legal process gone awry; even a touch of romance to soften the rigors... Read Full Overview

I had chosen the voyage to America in preference to any other trip by sea, with a special object in view. A relative of my mother's had emigrated to the United States many years since, and had thriven there as a farmer. He had given me a general invitation to visit him if I ever... Read Full Overview

In this 1874 novella by Wilkie Collins, the celebrated British writer of sensation fiction tells the tale of two brothers sentenced to be executed for having committed a murder that never occurred, and of the energetic Naomi Colebrook's efforts to ferret out the truth and save... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

When John Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez are forcibly retired from both the CIA and Rainbow, they join Jack Ryan, Jr. at "The Campus", a privately run intelligence organization carrying 100 blank Presidential Pardons (signed by Jack Ryan, Sr. before he left office) for any actions... Read Full Overview

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From the master of Victorian suspense comes a gripping mystery that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. When a man is believed to have died and then suddenly reappears, his family and friends are left reeling. But is everything as it seems? Collins will keep you... Read Full Overview

"The Dead Alive" is a novella written by Wilkie Collins, a renowned English novelist and playwright of the 19th century. This work was first serialized in 1874 in the magazine "The New Monthly Magazine" before being published as a book. The novella is also known by the title... Read Full Overview

"The Dead Alive" by means of Wilkie Collins is a gripping story of thriller and suspense that unfolds against the backdrop of Victorian England. Collins, known for his mastery of the sensational novel, weaves a story that explores the darker facets of human nature and the complexities... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive (also published as John Jago's Ghost) is based on the real-life 1819 Boorn Brothers case, where two men were wrongfully convicted of murder in Vermont. The story revolves around the disappearance of John Jago and the subsequent wrongful accusation of the Meadowcroft... Read Full Overview

Step into a world of shadows and secrets in Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "The Dead Alive." This classic of detective and gothic fiction plunges into a complex web of mystery, where the line between justice and deception blurs. A tense legal thriller unfolds as an attorney... Read Full Overview