FromtheauthorofRebeccaandTheBirds:aclassicthrillerofshipwreckandmurder,“richinsuspenseandsurprise“(NewYorkTimesBookReview).OnabitterNovemberevening,youngMaryYellanjourneysacrosstherainsweptmoorstoJamaicaInninhonorofhermother’sdyingrequest.Whenshearrives,thewarningofthecoachmanbeginstoechoinhermemory,forherauntPatiencecowersbeforehulkingUncleJossMerlyn.Terrifiedoftheinn’sbroodingpower,Marygraduallyfindsherselfensnaredinthedarkschemesbeingenactedbehinditscrumblingwalls--andtemptedtoloveamanshedaresnottrust.Theinspirationforthe1939AlfredHitchcockfilm.
