«Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer.

Was Rachel innocent or guilty?»

Philip Ashley has been raised by his cousin Ambrose as heir to his beautiful Cornish estate. But this close-knit world is shattered when Ambrose travels to Florence, where he unexpectedly falls in love and marries – only to die of a strange illness. Before long, his beautiful, mysterious widow arrives in England – and despite himself, Philip is caught in her spell. But is Rachel a victim, a saviour – or a murderess?

«Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder» -New York Times

«She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality» - Guardian