After Midnight

<p><h2> DISCOVER DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST</h2><br><b>A stunning collection of thirteen chilling stories from the Godmother of Fear, introduced by international bestseller Stephen King. </b><br><br><b>***<br></b><b><br>'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' </b>STEPHEN KING<br><b>'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' </b>SARAH WATERS<br><b>'Unputdownable . . . <i>After Midnight </i>promises to never let you sleep again'</b> LUCY ROSE<br><b>'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear' </b>ALICE SLATER<br>'<b>This superb collection is menacing, moody and mendacious on every page . . . Roll on autumn evenings to curl up with this' </b><i>DAILY MAIL </i><br><b>'An ideal autumn read'</b> <i>THE SUN</i>, PICK OF THE WEEK<br><b>'These stories are the work of a protean, restless, and rather dangerous spirit . . .They are wild at heart, like the woman who made them' </b><i>SLATE</i><br><br><b>***<br></b><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><b>PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER:<br></b><br>'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' <b>Sarah Perry</b><br>'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' <b>Maggie O'Farrell</b><br>'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' <b>Olivia Laing</b><br>'The master of slow-burning menace' <b>Stacey Halls</b><br>'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . . often imitated and never, ever surpassed' <b>Laura Shepperson</b><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' <b>Anna Mazzola </b></p>