Jamaica Inn Av Daphne Du Maurier

<p><b>AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF MURDER, MYSTERY AND PASSION, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>REBECCA.</i></b><br><br><b><i>''Jamaica Inn</i> is a first-rate page-turner'' <i>THE TIMES</i><br></b><br><b>''Daphne du Maurier has no equal'' <i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH </i></b><br><br><b>''Jamaica Inn is a novel about nothing less than pure evil ... with an eerie and shocking kind of power, in the novel''s astonishing final act'' JULIE MYERSON, <i>GUARDIAN </i></b><br><br>In the bitter November wind, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin Moor to Jamaica Inn. Her mother''s dying wish was that she take refuge there with her Aunt Patience. But when Mary arrives, the warning of the coachman echoes in her mind. Jamaica Inn has a desolate power and behind its crumbling walls, Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her brooding, violent husband. <br><br>When Mary discovers the inn''s dark secrets, the truth is more terrifying than anything she could possibly imagine and she is forced to collude in her uncle''s murderous schemes. Against her will, she finds herself powerfully attracted to her uncle''s brother, a man she dares not trust.<br><br><i>Jamaica Inn</i> is a dark and gripping gothic tale that will remind readers of two other great classics, <i>Jane Eyre </i>and <i>Wuthering Heights</i>. This was also made into a film, also called <i>Jamaica Inn</i>, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.</p>