Rebecca's Tale - Sally Beauman

With verve and imagination, the bestselling author of Destiny offers a vivid page-turner that continues the story of Daphne du Maurier's original classic, Rebecca. n nApril 1951. It has been twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, and twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire.

But Rebecca's tale is just beginning. n nColonel Julyan, an old family friend, receives an anonymous package concerning Rebecca. An inquisitive young scholar named Terence Gray appears and stirs up the quiet seaside hamlet with questions about the past and the close ties he soon forges with the Colonel and his eligible daughter, Ellie.

Amid bitter gossip and murky intrigue, the trio begins a search for the real Rebecca and the truth behind her mysterious death. n