The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but the peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found with a bullet through his head!
This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre.
One of du Maurier's most popular novels, Frenchman's Creek is a tale of adventure, set during the reign of Charles II.It is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love, who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas.