Armadale (Mystery Classic): A Suspense Novel from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, The Moonstone, The Dead Secret, ... The Law and The Lady (English Edition)

Armadale is a mystery novel. The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up.