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DISCOVER DAPHNE DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST . . .

‘Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await’ STEPHEN KING
‘A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it’ SARAH WATERS
‘Unputdownable . . . After Midnight will never let you sleep again’ LUCY ROSE
‘Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear. A dark and diabolical collection’ ALICE SLATER
‘No writer has conveyed the sheer strangeness of being human as well as du Maurier’ ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY
‘A great gothic writer’ KATE MOSSE
‘Du Maurier is the mistress of the sleight of hand’ MAGGIE O’FARRELL
‘Daphne du Maurier is a pioneer of the gothic thriller’ FREIDA McFADDEN

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A stunning new collection of thirteen chilling stories by the iconic author of Rebecca, introduced by Stephen King

In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child.
A woman wakes from an eye operation into a monstrous new reality.
On a sharp winter day, the wind changes – and the birds begin to gather.

From murderous desires to supernatural forces, du Maurier’s uncanny, provocative and spine-crawlingly terrifying short stories stare into the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Whatever you do, don’t look now . . .

Publisher Review

[A] superb collection of du Maurier’s darkest short stories, with an incisive new introduction by Stephen King, is menacing, moody and mendacious on every page * Daily Mail * Dark, brooding, ambiguous, and the stuff of nightmares . . . you just gotta keep on reading * Saga Magazine * An ideal autumn read * The Sun, Pick of the Week * Exploring the darkest desires of the human heart, this collection reveals du Maurier at her most brilliant * Woman’s Own *