Wilkie Collins
Hide and Seek
"Hide and Seek" by Wilkie Collins is a novel published in 1854. Collins' first mystery work follows the search for a young woman's hidden past. When Matthew Grice returns from the California goldfields, he discovers his sister died after being cast out pregnant and unwed. Determined to find her child, Mat's investigation leads him to Madonna, a deaf performer adopted by a kindly painter, and unveils long-buried family secrets that will change multiple lives forever.