num_pages: 416
description: Moments from death, Mrs Treverton tells a secret, never to be passed to her husband. Years later, when her daughter Rosamond returns with her blind husband, she is warned not to enter the Myrtle Room. Strong-minded and ingenious, Rosamond's determined detective work uncovers a shocking truth.
language: English
title: The Dead Secret
titlecomplete: The Dead Secret
characters: Leonard Frankland, Mrs. Treverton, Captain Treverton, Joseph Buschmann, Rosamond Frankland, Andrew Treverton, Sarah Leeson
genres: Fiction, Gothic, Mystery, British Literature, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Suspense, Victorian
ratings_count: 2520
places: Cornwall, England
publisher: Oxford University Press