Rebecca John A. Rice Abbeville Press FKC Hardback 2025

Rebecca John A. Rice Abbeville Press FKC Hardback 2025On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of 'Rebecca' falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband's Cornish estate, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion, she realises that she barely knows him. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his

Tycho Ceton prowls the city

a former ballerina at the Paris Opera Ballet

unbeknownst to the family

the love of her life

who disappeared into the Sonora desert

~ Gillian McAllister

But Anna doesn't realise the danger she is in

a priceless religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college

A darkly funny

Maggie throws herself on Rory's mercy

grotty premises that are falling down around him and a crippling loneliness

It's been twenty-five years