This series delves into the depths of mystery and psychological suspense, set against picturesque yet unsettling landscapes. The author masterfully crafts an atmosphere thick with ambiguity, where the lines between reality and illusion blur. Each story offers a captivating journey into the human psyche, unearthing hidden motives and the dark secrets of the past. It's a collection for readers who relish tension, enigma, and unforgettable characters.
Classic / British English After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?
Out of the fire-wracked ruins of Manderley, could love and renewal rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the embittered past? First published in 1993, this is the story of Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter. After ten years it seemed as if happiness could be theirs, but the vengeful ghost of Rebecca was still there, casting its long shadow over them.
On the twentieth anniversary of the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, family friend Colonel Julyan receives an anonymous parcel. It contains a black notebook with two handwritten words on the title page -- Rebecca's Tale -- and two pictures: a photograph of Rebecca as a young child and a postcard of Manderley. Rebecca once asked Julyan to ensure she was buried in the churchyard facing the sea: if she ended up in the de Winter crypt, she warned, she'd come back to haunt him. Now, it seems, she has finally kept her promise. Julyan's conscience has never been clear over the official version of Rebecca's death. Was Rebecca the manipulative, promiscuous femme fatale her husband claimed. Or the gothic heroine of tragic proportions that others had suggested. The official story, the 'truth', has only had Maxim's version of events to consider. But all that is about to change . . .