After Midnight

Kirjan After Midnight (2025) on kirjoittanut Daphne Du Maurier. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Little, Brown Book Group. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 624 sivua ja se on sidottu.

INTRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER STEPHEN KINGA STUNNING NEW HARDBACK COLLECTION OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S THIRTEEN DARKEST STORIES - INCLUDING 'THE BIRDS' AND 'DON'T LOOK NOW'Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. A group of wartime scientists attempt to capture the power of death, an eye operation reveals a monstrous reality, and a woman returns home to find she doesn't exist. From murderous desires to supernatural forces, du Maurier's masterful short stories stare into the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Whatever you do, don't look now . . . PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER:'These stories are staggeringly good' Stephen King'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry'Moody and unnerving' Gillian Flynn'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' Maggie O'Farrell'Will chill you as much as any thriller. I love it' Alice Slater'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