Books
by Daphne du Maurier
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My Cousin Rachel |
Philip Ashley is bewitched by his cousin Ambrose's widow Rachel. But is she only after his money and did she cause Ambrose's death? This chick-lit description doesn't do justice to a novel drenched in imagery and mystery. It's not hard to see in Rachel a shadow of du Maurier's famous protagonist Rebecca. But Rachel is more complex and elusive - just when you think you have her figured out, she slips through your fingers like smoke.
(Kate Ellis - bwl 66 Autumn 2012) |
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The Scapegoat |
Want something escapist? Look no further. This improbable tale of identity switching by two men, mirror-images of each other, who meet by chance in a French bar has everything: a luxurious chateau, a bed-ridden witch of a mother, a resentful brother and his sex-starved wife, a sister who won't talk to him, a put-down wife, a sweet child, a mistress in the village. Never mind it is only the dog who notices that John is not Jean, the pages just keep turning.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 104 Spring 2022) |
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