I Say No by Wilkie Collins, Fiction, Mystery & Detective

The story unfolds around Emily, who learns of her father's mysterious past when her dismissed teacher, Sarah Jethro, hints at a connection to him. As Emily starts her new job in Northumberland, she wears a locket that ties her to her father's tragic death on the same date as a notorious murder. The plot thickens when staff member Mrs. Rook, connected to the murder at the Hand-in-Hand Inn, reveals her own dark secrets, including a bloodstained pocket-book from Emily's father containing cryptic words from Jethro, deepening the intrigue surrounding their intertwined fates.