The story’s central character is Philip, orphaned as a young boy he is sent to live with his cousin Ambrose on his Cornish estate, they are very close and Ambrose is teaching Philip to manage the estate for when he has gone. That is, if the law convicts him, before him own conscience kills him.” Now, when a murderer pays the penalty for his crime, he does so up at Bodmin, after fair trial at the Assizes. “They used to hang men at the Four Turnings in the old days. I have to say this is the first book that I have read in the last few months which I have really enjoyed and been unable to put down – I genuinely thought it was excellent, Daphne Du Maurier really is the queen of mystery, her twists and turns leave you not knowing what on earth to believe. This is the second Daphne Du Maurier novel that we have read, back in 2013 for Halloween we chose ‘Don’t look now’ as our book – several short stories, which was very good. This was one of my book club books, I was late in finishing this which meant that when book club went ahead on Thursday I hadn’t finished, the ladies were very gracious and steered away any spoilers.
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