Young Valeria, despite the resistance of her relatives, marries the aristocrat Eustace Woodville. But family happiness unexpectedly collapses: Valeria learns about her husband’s terrible past. Eustace was accused of murdering (poisoning) his first wife. Convinced of his innocence, the loving woman is desperately trying to uncover a three-year-old mystery. Her family happiness now depends on whether she can replace the Scottish jury’s verdict of “not proven” with “not guilty.” And the only proof is in the Glening rubbish heap... At what cost does Valeria manage to find out and what trials to overcome, the reader of Wilkie Collins’ novel finds out “ Law and woman.”