Don't Look Now and Other Stories

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Collecting five stories of suspense, mystery and slow, creeping horror, this volume includes an introduction by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black. John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange and violent events. The four other haunting, evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears and longings, secrets and desires: 'Not After Midnight', in which a lonely teacher investigates a mysterious American couple; 'A Border Line Case', in which a young woman confronts her father's past and his associations with the IRA; 'The Way of the Cross', in which a party of pilgrims to Jerusalem encounter strange phenomena in the Garden of Gethsemane; and 'The Breakthrough', in which a scientist claims to be able to trap the soul at the point of death. 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' — Sunday Telegraph 'Du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings' — Stephen King