My Cousin Rachel

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'I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn...' Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries - and there he dies suddenly. In almost no time at all, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - turns up in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. And yet...might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death.

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, educated at home and in Paris, and lived for much of her life in her beloved Cornwall, the setting for many of her novels. Most of her novels have been bestsellers and many have been made into films. She is considered one of the most accomplished novelists of the twentieth century.

In the same category as REBECCA, but an even more consummate piece of storytelling - GUARDIAN 'From the first page . . . the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In the same category as REBECCA, but an even more consummate piece of storytelling - GUARDIAN 'From the first page . . . the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW