There was never an accident.Rebecca was not drowned at all. I killed her.I shot Rebecca in the cottage in the cove.I carried her body to the cabin, and took the boat out that night and sunk it there, where they found it today.It's Rebecca who's lying dead there on the cabin floor.Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?

' Her stories read like classic tales of terror and suspense but written with a sure touch for character imagery and suggestive meaning. Christian (b. In the summer of 1943 Daphne du Maurier began writing the autobiographically inspired drama The Years Between about the unexpected return of a senior officer thought killed in action who finds that his wife has taken his seat as Member of Parliament and has started a romantic relationship with a local farmer.

eɪ/; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright. : /ˈdæfni duː ˈmɒri. Her elder sister was the writer Angela du Maurier.