After Midnight

<p><b>DISCOVER DAPHNE DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST . . . </b></p><p><b>'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' STEPHEN KING</b><br><b>'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' SARAH WATERS</b><br><b>'Unputdownable . . . <i>After Midnight </i>will never let you sleep again' LUCY ROSE</b><br><b>'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear. A dark and diabolical collection' ALICE SLATER</b><br><b>'No writer has conveyed the sheer strangeness of being human as well as du Maurier' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY</b><br><b>'A great gothic writer' KATE MOSSE</b><br><b>'Du Maurier is the mistress of the sleight of hand' MAGGIE O'FARRELL</b><br><b>'Daphne du Maurier is a pioneer of the gothic thriller' FREIDA McFADDEN</b></p><p>***</p><p><b>A stunning new collection of thirteen chilling stories by the iconic author of <i>Rebecca</i>, introduced by Stephen King</b></p><p>In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child. <br>A woman wakes from an eye operation into a monstrous new reality. <br>On a sharp winter day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. </p><p>From murderous desires to supernatural forces, du Maurier's uncanny, provocative and spine-crawlingly terrifying short stories stare into the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Whatever you do, don't look now . . .</p>