Rachel, a woman of exquisite beauty, descends on the great Cornwall estate of Philip Ashley. Despite his aroused suspicions, she soon enchants him. In this tale of good and evil, Philip must decide whether the glorious Rachel, the recent mysterious widow of his beloved cousin, is out to destroy him or is the innocent victim of devious man with a tremendous longing to be loved. His fate and his future lie in the answer to this deadly question.

"Once his secretary, Colleen is now pregnant with Michael's baby. When he brings her to his opulent estate, Ravenwood, she is abruptly thrust into a life of luxury she's never known. But Colleen finds the immense house suffused with the memory of Michael's beautiful wife, Joanna, who left months ago and who haunts her imagination. It quickly becomes apparent that there is little room for a new mistress of this house: The staff greets her with hostility,...

A novel written in 1943 by the British author, telling the story of the multi-generational feud between the proud, semi-aristcratic Brodericks and their sly and vicious neighbors, the Donovans.

The second Mrs. de Winter recalls the events that led her to the isolated gray stone manse on the the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead, but never forgotten; and as an eerie presentiment of evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter began her search for the real fate...

Short stories of suspense, adventure and the supernatural.

Two men -- one English, the other French -- meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the...

Stories include Don't look now and The birds.

Retelling of the Tristan and Iseult legend set in 1860s Cornwall.