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Murder on the Cliffs: a Daphne Du Maurier Mystery by Joanna Challis.

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again." This is one of the most famous opening lines in literature and Joanna Challis has been inspired by it to write a fictional version of how Daphne du Maurier came to write Rebecca. In this story, Daphne goes on a visit to Cornwall and finds a dead bride-to-be on the beach. As she investigates the death, she encounters a beautiful, historic mansion, an intimidating housekeeper, the dead woman's cousin (who is closer to her than he ought to be), and, of course, the romantic bereaved finance. All of these will become the models for characters in her most famous novel. Daphne does solve the murder with the help of the mysterious Mr. Brown and falls in love with Cornwall in the process. A light and entertaining mystery.