My Cousin Rachel

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his much-loved older cousin, Ambrose. Everything changes when Ambrose falls in love and marries Rachel. When Ambrose dies suddenly, racked by suspicion, Philip decides to meet his cousin’s widow. Rachel charms him with her mysterious beauty but… the question still remains, could she have had something to do with Ambrose’s death?

Set on a large Cornish estate, this mystery romance electrified readers when it was first published in 1951. The following year My Cousin Rachel was made into a movie with a young Richard Burton as Philip and Olivia de Havilland as Rachel.