Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the country's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow?
A shadow that grows longer and darker as the summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and it's inhabitants completely . . .