Based on the doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, The Frozen Deep is a dramatic tale of vengeance and self-sacrifice.

Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. On different ships, the two men have no cause to meet – until disaster strikes and they find themselves united by their battle for survival. When they learn of their rivalry, there follows an act of pure selflessness, making The Frozen Deep one of Collins’ most moving and tragic works.

New edition of this little masterpiece by the author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White.

A close friend and collaborator with Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins cornered the Victorian market in literary sensationalism. A pioneer of detective fiction, he produced such novels as The Moonstone and The Woman in White which were huge hits with the reading public. Collins was a flamboyant member of the Victorian Establishment, renowned as much for his personal life as for his extremely popular writing. He is regarded by many as the creator of the full-length detective story.

Master of detective fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle here reveals his deep fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal.

To his fellow residents on the remote Western coast of Scotland, Major Heatherstone’s behaviour seems far from orthodox. Spurning all attempts at friendship, he instead becomes a recluse in Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children even to leave their home. Yet unknown to him, they strike up a friendship with the neighbouring Hunter Wests, who slowly begin to learn the cause of the Major’s paranoia, and of his fear of the fifth of October. As September draws to a close, and as they hear of the mysterious arrival of three Buddhist monks, they can only watch in vain, as it seems the Major’s secret will not be laid to rest until vengeance is done.
When John Hunter West falls on hard times a relation offers him and his children a home on the western coast of Scotland. The family's new life is disturbed by the arrival of Major-General Heatherstone, leading to unexplained tragedy on the bleak moors.

Only single-volume edition of this strange tale of death and retribution.

Scottish-born Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is best remembered as the creator of Baker Street’s Sherlock Holmes.