My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier - 1952

This book is in good condition. There is minimal wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners of the corner boards are not bumped. The previous owners name is affixed to the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned, but free from all markings.

" At first sight, the scene could not be more romantic. Philip Ashley, on the verge of coming into his inheritance, intends, in just a few hours, to tip the lot – vast Cornish estate, family jewels and his entire fortune – into the lap of his dead cousin's widow Rachel, the older woman with whom he is besotted. He takes a euphoric late-night dip in the sea and strides back to the house where – though he does not know it yet – she is about to make him the happiest man alive. As he makes his way through the eerily moonlit woods and chooses the path which will lead him to his lover (and, it turns out, a lot more besides), an odour reaches his nostrils – a "rank vixen smell" which for a moment or two seems to stop him in his tracks...." - The Guardian, U.S. Edition