With an Introduction and Notes by Scott Brewster Universty of Central LancashireWilkie Collins is a master of myster and The Women in White is his first exussion into the genre.When the hero ,Walter Harright on a moonlit night in north London encounters a solitary terrified and beatiful woman dressed in white he feels impelled to solve the myster of her distress.The intricate plot is people with a finely characterised cast from the peeves invaid Mr. Fairlie to the corpulent villian Count Fosco and the enigmatic woman herself.