My Cousin Rachel

Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer. Was Rachel innocent or guilty? Philip Ashley has been raised by his cousin Ambrose as heir to his beautiful Cornish estate. But this close-knit world is shattered when Ambrose travels to Florence, where he unexpectedly falls in love and marries only to die of a strange illness. Before long, his beautiful, mysterious widow arrives in England and despite himself, Philip is caught in her spell. But is Rachel a victim, a saviour or a murderess? > Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in > My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her > shoulder -New York Times > She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and > she was, too, a writer of fearless originality - Guardian