After Midnight

'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' - Stephen King

'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' - Sarah Waters

'Unputdownable . . . After Midnight promises to never let you sleep again' - Lucy Rose

'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear' - Alice Slater

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On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather.

In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child.

A woman returns home to find no trace of her existence.

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 . . .

'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' - Sarah Perry

'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' - Maggie O'Farrell

'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' - Olivia Laing

'The master of slow-burning menace' - Stacey Halls

'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . . often imitated and never, ever surpassed' - Laura Shepperson

'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' - Anna Mazzola