Lady Audley’s Secret
Lucy Graham is a lovely, mysterious governess who charms everyone in her village before marrying the kindly, wealthy widower Sir Michael Audley and becoming the radiant lady of Audley Court. Beneath the golden ringlets and childlike sweetness, she guards a past she will do anything to keep buried. When Sir Michael's idle nephew Robert Audley notices that his missing friend George once knew Lady Audley, he slowly turns amateur detective, tracing a trail of changed names, a first husband, and a crime hidden behind the mask of the perfect Victorian wife. As Robert closes in, Lady Audley grows more desperate and more dangerous, and the sunny country estate reveals the darkness at its heart.
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