After Midnight

DISCOVER DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST<BR>A stunning collection of thirteen chilling stories from the Godmother of Fear, introduced by international bestseller Stephen King. <BR><BR>***<BR><BR>'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' STEPHEN KING<BR>'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' SARAH WATERS<BR>'Unputdownable . . . After Midnight promises to never let you sleep again' LUCY ROSE<BR>'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear' ALICE SLATER<BR>'This superb collection is menacing, moody and mendacious on every page . . . Roll on autumn evenings to curl up with this' DAILY MAIL <BR>'An ideal autumn read' THE SUN, PICK OF THE WEEK<BR>'These stories are the work of a protean, restless, and rather dangerous spirit . . .They are wild at heart, like the woman who made them' SLATE<BR><BR>***<BR><BR>On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. <BR>In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child. <BR>A woman returns home to find no trace of her existence. <BR><BR>From the inimitable imagination of Daphne du Maurier, these thirteen stories pierce to the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Uncanny, provocative and spine-crawlingly terrifying, these tales will keep you up long after midnight. Whatever you do, don't look now . . .<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER:<BR><BR>'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry<BR>'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' Maggie O'Farrell<BR>'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' Olivia Laing<BR>'The master of slow-burning menace' Stacey Halls<BR>'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . . often imitated and never, ever surpassed' Laura Shepperson<BR>'A glittering collection of dark gems . . . Du Maurier was the queen of creepiness, and a writer of extraordinary talent. These stories will introduce you to her dark imaginings and keep you up well into the night. Do have nightmares. They'll be good ones' Anna Mazzola