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Apr 07, 2015DorisWaggoner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This first duMaurier novel to make her a big name author (her husband-to-be read it and came to look up the famous but reclusive author). I read it years ago, and after reading her bio decided to revisit it. I remembered many specific lines, but had forgotten a great deal--except the menace. I'm so glad I reread it, and I won't spoil a thing for anybody who hasn't had the pleasure of reading it for the first time or is approaching it again. It's a treat. And when you finish, go back and reread the beginning two chapters, because they will mean something very different after you know how the whole thing turns out! Anyone who thinks that the large number of novels duMaurier wrote means she just churned them out is very wrong--at least about this one. Not a word placed wrong here.