After Midnight: Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark Hours
About this ebook
A STUNNING NEW HARDBACK COLLECTION OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S DARKEST STORIES
Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. A group of wartime scientists attempt to capture the power of death, an eye operation reveals a monstrous reality, and a woman returns home to find she doesn't exist. From murderous desires to supernatural forces, du Maurier's masterful 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 . . .
This brand new collection brings together thirteen of du Maurier's greatest uncanny stories for the first time - including 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now'.
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PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER
'These stories are staggeringly good' Stephen King
'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry
'Moody and unnerving' Gillian Flynn
'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' Maggie O'Farrell
'Will chill you as much as any thriller. I love it' Alice Slater
'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem; haunted rooms in which disembodied spirits sometimes dance at absolute liberty' Olivia Laing
'The master of slow-burning menace' Stacey Halls
'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . .often imitated and never, ever surpassed' Laura Shepperson
About the author
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children. Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.
