The Woman in White was written in 1860 By Wilkie Collins, a good friend and mentee of Charles Dickens. It is a mystery thriller written in 1860, and it is considered to be the first of this genre. A surprisingly very good read that keeps you on your toes. It keeps you wondering and right where you think you know, you end up with surprising twists. Also, I love Wilkies's subtle humor. He can be very funny and at times in a way that you almost pass it and move on but something stops you and makes you do a double look as in: Hold on, did the character just say that? And then you laugh. It's a humorous scene or comment so well written and entangled within the seriousness of the surrounding context that you almost miss it -- Almost... But you don't. And that makes it more impressive.
An interesting piece of information is that in 1860's Wilkies was even more popular than Dickens and some of his writing influenced Dickens's writing style on A Tale of Two Cities.