Daphne Du Maurier
1) Jamaica Inn
Author
Language
English
Description
Shrubs of broom grow black and twisted. As if by Devil's fingers. And the wind that never ceases, Like a chorus from the dead. Those who lived here it's for certain, would grow dark and tortured too'
In Jamaica Inn, at the heart of the bleak Bodmin Moor, young Mary Yellen soon discovers mysterious goings-on in the dead of night. But worse is yet to come as Mary finds herself helplessly ensnared in the deadly activities taking place around her.
Evocative,
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Language
English
Description
When beautiful blond Melanie rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch, she is inexplicably attacked by a seagull. Suddenly thousands of birds are flocking into town, preying on school-children and residents in a terrifying series of attacks. Soon Mitch and Melanie are fighting for thei lives against a deadly force that can't be explained or stopped as nature goes berserk.
Series
Criterion collection volume 135
Language
English
Description
A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.