"The Woman in White" is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of «sensation novels». The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. «The Moonstone» is an epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Besides creating many of the ground rules...