The Dead Alive

"The Dead Alive" by Wilkie Collins is a late 19th-century story about a young lawyer named Philip Lefrank who is told by his doctor to take a break. He travels to America and visits Mr. Isaac Meadowcroft at Morwick Farm. When Lefrank gets there, he learns about some bad family issues and a person, John Jago, who has disappeared after disagreeing with Mr. Meadowcroft. Lefrank must figure out the family's secrets and the odd things that are happening between himself, Naomi Colebrook who is Mr. Meadowcroft's niece, and John Jago to better understand if affection, morality, and consequences are going to play a role in everyone involved.