by Daphne du Maurier
Recommended by Lena Dunham and Glen Mazzara
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Horror, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes ho...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Horror, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
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Lena Dunham
“Every time I thought I had this book figured out, it twisted then twisted again. First, I was confused, then enchanted, then genuinely shocked, then completely trapped. Not my usual kind of read but super fun. Beautifully written and performed.”
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Consider And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Recommended by 3 sources.
“Starts like a social parlor game that hardens into a sealed-island murder puzzle: ten strangers, an accusing recorded message, and a steady body count keep momentum tight. Main value is the hair-splitting plotting and the intellectual pleasure of spotting and checking clues against the solution. Main limitation is thinly sketched characters and a schematic moral tone, so emotional depth is secondary to clever mechanics—readers who want soulful characterization will find the cast functional rather than lived-in.”
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