Daphne: 403 books

MOLLY I’m not the sort of girl who goes gaga for a pro baller with a banging body. As the daughter of Martin O’Neil, head coach for the Vipers, I’ve been around these guys my whole life. It’s no big deal to me. Yet I find myself swooning over sexy tight end Eric Wenzel. And who...

In this off-the-beaten-sidewalk debut, native New Yorker Daphne Uviller reveals the secrets of a sexy, story-filled Big Apple, where a mystery lurks behind every apartment door—and a savvy but slightly lost young woman unexpectedly finds herself holding the keys. In a city brimming with opportunities...

At twenty-five years old Anna, Lady Quartermain, becomes a wealthy widow. In an attempt to restart her life she sets up the Wellington Bureau, an investigation agency. A series of cases follow in which Anna unravels a number of mysteries, including those surrounding the fabulous diamond, the Quartermain...

Four mystery stories featuring Florence Latimer of Claresby Manor. These stories include "The Claresby Wood Murder": When Rupert Latimer finds a body in the grounds of Claresby Manor he needs the help of his daughter, Florence, to identify the murderer. Together they unravel the mystery...

A tree that makes our every desire come true can be a great blessing but, when selfishness is our guide, its powers can quickly turn against us. The queen of fireflies Silena and her sister, the beautifull iridescent fairy Lilidrin, both want to conquer the heart of the poet sorcerer and are determined...

«Anoche soñé que volvía a Manderley...» Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: Rebeca. Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora De Winter, que la transportan de...

Daphne du Maurier explicaba en una nota preliminar a La posada Jamaica (1936) que el establecimiento al que alude el título aún seguía en pie y que la novela era el producto de sus fantasías sobre cómo habría sido ciento veinte años antes. La acción arranca precisamente con un recuerdo clave...

"A diverse and engrossing cast of characters...provocative, diverting." --Chicago Tribune Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cozy existence she shares with her grandmother, an eccentric retired actress known to all as Madam, has been shattered: there's no post,...

Following the death of their young daughter, John and Laura visit Venice to try and escape their grief. But when the couple meet two aged sisters, one of whom claims to have psychic visions of the dead girl, strange things start to happen. Filmed in 1973 with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland,...

"A magician, a virtuoso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense, the ridiculous, the vain, the romantic." --Good Housekeeping As far as his father, a famous writer, is concerned, Richard will never amount to anything, and so he decides to take his fate into his own...

"Wickedly readable... Daphne du Maurier has instinct, with the result that every woman instinctively wants to read her." -New York Times Book Review Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented...

"A literary artist in her own right." -New York Times A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught...

"Daphne du Maurier has no equal." --Sunday Telegraph Born in turn of the century Cornwall, Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, she marries her cousin Thomas, a boat builder, and settles...

Lyrical and evocative, Sight Reading by Daphne Kalotay is an intense, literary love story. When Hazel and Remy happen upon each other on a warm Boston spring day, their worlds immediately begin to spin. Remy, a gifted violinist, is married to composer Nicholas Elko, who was once the love of...