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After Midnight: Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark Hours

Daphne du Maurier

Stephen King

A STUNNING NEW HARDBACK COLLECTION OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S THIRTEEN DARKEST STORIES - INTRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER STEPHEN KING

'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await'
STEPHEN KING
'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' SARAH WATERS
'Unputdownable . . . After Midnight promises to never let you sleep again' LUCY ROSE
'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear' ALICE SLATER

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On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather.
In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child.
A woman returns home to find no trace of her existence.

From the inimitable imagination of Daphne du Maurier, these thirteen stories pierce to the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Uncanny, provocative and spine-crawlingly terrifying, these tales will keep you up long after midnight. Whatever you do, don't look now . . .

PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER:

'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry
'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' Maggie O'Farrell
'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' Olivia Laing
'The master of slow-burning menace' Stacey Halls
'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . . often imitated and never, ever surpassed' Laura Shepperson

  • Classification : Horror
  • Pub Date : OCT 3, 2025
  • Imprint : Virago
  • Page Extent : 624
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9780349019543
  • Price : INR 1,299
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Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.

Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.

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Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His new novel Never Flinch comes out in May 2025. His recent work includes the No. 1 bestsellers You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale and Sleeping Beauties (co-written with Owen King). He is also the author of the iconic novel Carrie. Many of King's titles are the basis for major motion pictures, TV series or streamed events including The Dark Tower, IT and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.

King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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