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Murder on the Cliffs

(Daphne du Maurier Mystery #1)

Joanna Challis

3.31 · Rating details · 491 ratings · 94 reviews

The storm led me to Padthaway.

I could never resist the allure of dark swirling clouds, windswept leaves sweeping down cobbled lanes or a view of the sea stirring up its defiant nature. The sea possessed a power all of its own and this part of Cornwall, an isolated stretch of rocky cliff tops and unexplored beaches both enchanted and terrified me.

It is not a lie to say I ...more

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Dec 05, 2009 Susan rated it did not like it

Shelves: historical-mystery, mystery-england

It doesn't sound like a bad concept--the young, unfledged Daphne Du Maurier finding herself involved with a mystery that features a sinister housekeeper, a handsome, brooding man, and a huge, mysterious old mansion on the Cornish coast. And so Daphne stumbles across a frightened young girl and a dead woman...
The problem is that it's so badly written! If you want a mess of dangling participles, misplaced modifiers, anachronisms, overwrought diction and misused words, this is probably for you. Som ...more

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Jan 30, 2018 Jeanne Adamek rated it really liked it

Actually I really liked the book. According to all the reviews a lot of people didn`t enjoy this story. I found it interesting--maybe it was also a case of reading the story at the right time. Reading a book that is right at the time completely raises the interest factor, and in my case, so much so that I can recommend this mystery. ...more

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Sep 28, 2014 Idril Celebrindal rated it did not like it

I made it through two chapters but the writing was so completely terrible I just couldn't go on. Never mind that the main character (poor Daphne du Maurier, maligned by being presented as such an idiot) travels to a remote town on the Cornish coast for the sole purpose of visiting a specific abbey and then just wanders through the village and into the woods and wonders why that didn't suddenly reveal said abbey to her; never mind the at least five instances of tonal whiplash experienced in the f I made it through two chapters but the writing was so completely terrible I just couldn't go on. Never mind that the main character (poor Daphne du Maurier, maligned by being presented as such an idiot) travels to a remote town on the Cornish coast for the sole purpose of visiting a specific abbey and then just wanders through the village and into the woods and wonders why that didn't suddenly reveal said abbey to her; never mind the at least five instances of tonal whiplash experienced in the first chapter; never mind that Daphne finds a dead body on a beach and then waltzes home without waiting for the police: the prose is just so bad. It alternates between overwrought and confused. Some examples from the first chapter, chosen by picking out sentences at random:

I soon came upon a cove. A beautiful, magnificent, dangerous cove.

The thought just stops there. Why is the cove dangerous? I don't think coves are inherently dangerous, are they? I guess I was supposed to get a sense of thrilling tension, but instead I just snort-laughed and thought "what??"

A kitchen maid to marry Lianne's brother? The way she said it inferred her brother's status well above an ordinary kitchen maid.

IMPLIED. Also, I've read the second sentence half a dozen times and surely the "was" that is missing isn't actually optional?

Curious about her family, I asked a few more questions but received only monosyllabic replies.

Well, we're on page 4 and it's our first meeting with this girl too, so maybe you could tell the reader what those questions and answers are? But no. I guess don't strain yourself, author, to actually tell the story to your readers.

Tall and lithe, her brother's handsome face turned to her, the lower part of his jaw straining to make sense of her blubbering words.

I imagine he'd have more success if he used his ears and brain for attempting to comprehend speech, rather than his jaw. Jaws aren't known for their listening capabilities. Also, the subject of that sentence is the face, so as written it's the face that is tall and lithe, not the brother. So that's unusual.

Two sentences later:

Squeezing her eyes shut, she clung to the inside of her brother's brown tweed coat as though wanting to bury her face forever in its green satin folds.

I am guessing the green refers to the inside of the coat that was just stated to be brown, but that's meeting the author more than halfway.

David, much older than his younger sister, in his late twenties I suspected, clasped her face in his hands and laughed.

I mean... yeah, if he's older then obviously his sister is younger, but also, what does his age have to do with clasping his sister's face? It's so awkwardly shoehorned in. This sentence is about five down from the jaw-straining line above; he's so concerned about his sobbing sister that he is visibly tense, but before she explains what she's sobbing about, he's already laughing at her. What? He's the fourth character we meet in the first chapter, and none are consistent from one sentence to the next.

If I keep going I'll just end up typing out the whole chapter. ...more

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Feb 03, 2011 Bee rated it did not like it

Shelves: british-mysteries, historical-fiction, read-but-didn-t-care-for, lunch-hour-reading

What a letdown! MURDER ON THE CLIFFS had so much potential -- gothic undertones, set in Cornwall, murder mystery, even featuring a young Daphne du Maurier. (REBECCA is one of my favorite books) To say it fell flat is an understatement. I labored through the first half, even though I was, quite frankly, bored, then skimmed through the rest to get to the ending. Daphne was a ninny, the writing was poor, the characters were uninteresting and dull, and there were confusing bits -- like that Lianne w ...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Julie rated it did not like it

Shelves: mystery-and-thriller, read-since-august-2006, dnf, mystery-cozy, mystery-historical-read, read-in-2016

"Like a wild animal, he stared out at the sea."

"'Lots of mischief,' Jenny laughed, her face suddenly somber."

"The drizzle transformed to droplets and the droplets to pelts." (Perhaps a pelt of a wild animal, staring out at the sea.)

This book is not good. ...more

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Dec 20, 2009 Cheryl rated it really liked it

Daphne Du Maurier read an article in the newspaper, The Times about an old abbey that is located on the Cornish coast. It dates all the way back to the Charlemagne era. Daphne loves rooting around and learning about the history of old places. She begs her parents to let her stay instead of going with them and trying to find a husband. Her parents agree on one condition…Daphne must stay with an old friend, Ewe Sinclaire.

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Jul 02, 2010 Kristine rated it did not like it

Shelves: adult-fiction, foreign-lands, shady-subjects, historical, mystery, books-and-writers, about-women, iffy-about-reading, 2015

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Some quick ~~thoughts~~ rants...
- Daphne is so STUPID. She refers to the Hartleys (is that even their name? I don't know and I don't care) repeatedly as her friends while also investigating them for murder. She even says she wants to be loyal to them and not help the investigation! Also she runs all over town openly talking to everybody about it and asking blunt, intensely nosy questions that make it 1000000% clear she's conducting her own amateur investigation. She even tells people that she's inve ...more

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May 15, 2016 Gerry rated it liked it

The thought of a thriller with a literary bent, ie Miss Daphne du Maurier investigating the crime, pleased me and I was looking forward to reading it, especially as it had a strong Cornish background.

Whilst 'Murder on the Cliffs' is perfectly acceptable, it was a trifle disappointing as Daphne did not entirely come across as the bright spark that one would have hoped or expected. Her dialogue was somewhat stilted at times and some of the situations she found herself in would not have found favo ...more

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Jan 14, 2010 Heidi rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery

Enjoyable story with high marks for atmosphere but I thought the writing style was a bit unpolished.

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Jan 19, 2013 Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, golden_age_detection

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Daphne Du Maurier has begged off another London season to spend some time in Cornwall, a desire her family just can't grasp, but reluctantly agrees to if she will stay with her mother's old nurse, Ewe Sinclaire, an inveterate gossip. Daphne has ambitions of being a writer and the lure of the windswept cliffs calls to her, as does the lost scrolls of Charlemagne watched over by the nuns at R ...more

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Jun 30, 2020 Janet Rosfeld rated it did not like it

I've been reading quite a few books with mystery writers as the sleuths. Andrew Wilson's series featuring Agatha Christie and Nicola Upson's excellent series featuring Josephine Tey. Then I saw a book featuring Daphne du Maurier solving mysteries. "Rebecca" is one of my all time favorite books so I thought great. Not so great - where do I start -poor story development, clunky plot, bad grammar & syntax, no editing. Here's a sample of her dreadful prose -"I'd opted to take the walk through the wo ...more

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Feb 23, 2018 Connie rated it really liked it

I was expecting something a little darker considering that this was a Daphne du Maurier mystery. It was simply a cozy mystery that takes place in a Cornwall village. The book itself seemed to be too long for the telling. If you don't think of Daphne as anyone but just Daphne then possibly this would have been a better read for me.

I had figured out who had killed Victoria a long time before the end of the book, I just didn't know the why. There were several possible reasons for that.

I am giving ...more

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Jul 12, 2010 Patricia rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: gave-up

This is the first in a projected series with Daphne du Maurier as the protagonist. I was predisposed to like it but just couldn't get beyond the fourth chapter. I realize that the atmosphere is supposed to be melodramatic, but the writing just isn't that good. "Sea spray foamed at the mouth of the restless sea." Etc. Oh well..... ...more

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May 19, 2011 Melanie Moore rated it it was ok

This novel is a mystery with Daphne du Maurier as the main character. She is the author of Rebecca, one of my favorite books and films. It is set in Cornwall and so far it does have a Rebecca feel to it. The mystery has just unfolded and I can't wait to see "who-dunit"! ...more

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Jul 05, 2017 Frank rated it liked it

Shelves: crime-thrillers-mystery

This is the first of three mystery novels featuring young Daphne Du Maurier written by Challis. Of course Du Maurier was the author of the classic Rebecca and many other novels.

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright. Although she is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories seldom feature a conventional happy ending, and have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. These bestselling works were This is the first of three mystery novels featuring young Daphne Du Maurier written by Challis. Of course Du Maurier was the author of the classic Rebecca and many other novels.

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright. Although she is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories seldom feature a conventional happy ending, and have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. These bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but have since earned an enduring reputation for storytelling craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now/Not After Midnight". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall where most of her works are set. As her fame increased through her novels and the films based upon them, she became more reclusive.

In Murder on the Cliffs, Daphne is spending the summer in Cornwall to look into some lost Charlemagne manuscripts stored at a local abbey. But while there, she stumbles into a murder mystery involving a rich family living at their estate called Padthaway. She discovers a young woman dead at the bottom of a cliff with a young girl screaming over her. Was it an accident or murder? Well Daphne decides to try to solve the mystery and to do so gets involved with the Hartley family of Padthaway. Along the way, she also meets up with her future husband, Sir Frederick Browning, who is working with Scotland Yard. The mysteries and the atmosphere of Padthaway and its family are to be the basis of Du Maurier's most famous work, REBECCA, but the place could have also inspired some of her other works with its history of pirates and smuggling.

Overall, I thought this was a pretty good mystery featuring an author who I always enjoy reading (I've read several of du Maurier's novels). I did have one quibble: the book was supposed to take place in 1921. Since du Maurier was born in 1907, that would make her about 14 at the time but in the book she comes off as older ... probably 18 or 19. Would still give this a mild recommendation. ...more

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Jan 22, 2020 Lora Elisabeth rated it really liked it

Shelves: england, roa-library, gothic-suspense, eag-rk-library

3.5 stars - I'm not a fan of reading books that have real authors as a main character so I went into it with NO expectations that it would be written in the same vein or calibre as the real Daphne du Maurier. I thought of the main character, Daphne, as only a fictional character having no relation to the real Daphne.

I enjoyed the atmosphere and the mystery, and the fact that it was a clean book was a bonus.
However, it could've benefited from meticulous editors. Some sentences were awkward. Also ...more

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May 10, 2017 Melissa rated it liked it

This is the second murder-mystery novel I've read by Joanna Challis. I don't usually read who-done-it books but having read the third in the series (each book can be read separately, I started backwards, read the third one, was happily surprised and intrigued so then I requested the other one my library had which was the first in the series, unfortunately my library doesn't have the second one so it may be a while before I can read it) I was happily surprised. I really liked it and I loved the t ...more

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Jun 27, 2020 Jack rated it liked it

An intriguing story featuring a young Daphne Du Maurier as the supper sleuth. This story is meant to showcase how a young Daphne came up with her novel REBECCA... a huge dank foreboding estate, a sinister mysterious housekeeper and a handsome and moody Lord of the house. Like many of the books in this genre it pushed me to learn more about Du Maurier. The author of Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, The Birds... She also had connections to Peter Pan author JM Barrie. The story highlights a family of mea ...more

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Oct 25, 2019 Angela rated it it was ok

I wanted to love this, and I did finish it just to see how it ended, but I won’t be pursuing the rest of the books in the series. The transitions were terrible, when they existed at all, it jumped back and forth between first and third person, and it appeared almost to be a draft, not edited for publication. I love the idea of it, but it just wasn’t well executed.

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Jul 30, 2018 Julie rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery, british

Because the book was written from the point of view of Daphne du Maurier, I believe the author tried to write in the style of du Maurier. It just seemed to be trying a bit too hard. It was the first in the series so it may improve, but it didn’t really work for me.

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Mar 18, 2017 mary rated it it was ok

Shelves: brit-fic, mystery-period, between-the-wars, library

Very odd word-choices. Did she sit with a thesaurus?
Thin mystery, unbelievable shifts.

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Aug 15, 2017 Kathy rated it liked it

I felt like the book bogged down in the middle. Started out great but...

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Jun 01, 2018 Deann Doolittle rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense

Very reminiscent of Phyllis Whitney. Good read!

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Aug 28, 2019 Linda rated it it was ok

A bit silly, but uncomplicated and unpretentious which was a breeze after struggling through The Milkman

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Jul 13, 2016 Kirsty rated it really liked it

As soon as I heard about Joanna Challis’ murder mystery series, which features Daphne du Maurier as an amateur detective, my interest was piqued. I just had to get my hands on the first book, Murder on the Cliffs and I feel that it ties in marvellously with my du Maurier December project.

Before I purchased Murder on the Cliffs, I decided to take a look at a handful of reviews, merely to see how the book was received. I hadn’t heard anything about the novel before, and was interested in the opini As soon as I heard about Joanna Challis’ murder mystery series, which features Daphne du Maurier as an amateur detective, my interest was piqued. I just had to get my hands on the first book, Murder on the Cliffs and I feel that it ties in marvellously with my du Maurier December project.

Before I purchased Murder on the Cliffs, I decided to take a look at a handful of reviews, merely to see how the book was received. I hadn’t heard anything about the novel before, and was interested in the opinions which readers had of it. The available reviews – online, at least – are incredibly varied, and I understand that not a large percentage of readers actually enjoyed the book. I wanted to read it regardless, however, as I find the general idea most intriguing. This book in particular – the first of three in the du Maurier mystery series – is said to give ‘fictional life to the inspiration behind Daphne du Maurier’s classic Rebecca'.

The premise of Murder on the Cliffs has clearly been well thought out: ‘Young Daphne du Maurier is headstrong, adventurous and standing on the cusp of greatness’. The novel takes place in 1928, where twenty one-year-old Daphne, walking along a Cornish beach, finds the ‘drowned body of a beautiful woman, dressed only in a nightgown, her hair strewn along the rocks, her eyes gazing up to the heavens’. She quickly decides to conduct her own murder investigation: ‘My interest in people, potential characters, and their motivations demanded I at least try; what had I to lose?’

The beginning of the novel immediately sets the scene and tone of the whole: ‘The storm led me to Padthaway. I could never resist the allure of dark swirling clouds, windswept leaves sweeping down cobbled lanes, or a view of the sea, its defiant nature stirred up. The sea possessed a power all its own, and this part of Cornwall, an isolated stretch of rocky cliff tops and unexplored beaches, both enchanted and terrified me’.

Rather charmingly, I think, Australian author Joanna Challis makes a yearly pilgrimage to Manderley. She clearly cares about the way in which she has portrayed her subject. I really like the way in which she has fictionalised Daphne as her protagonist; her personality comes across as well as it does in du Maurier’s own non-fiction. The use of Daphne’s first person perspective heightens the sense of realism throughout. Challis also makes use of nature throughout her novel, and often personifies it in powerful ways: for example, the ‘snarling’ sea is given a sinister character of its own, the morning sun ‘waltzed’ across the sky, and a ‘crumbling stone tower crawled up the cliff at one end’ with ‘its ivy cloak bleeding into the house’.

An interesting mixture of characters has been used within Murder on the Cliffs. Many of those who had such an impact on du Maurier in real life – her father and sisters, for example – are merely alluded to, and the majority of the other protagonists and villagers have been entirely fictionalised. Daphne is staying in the village of Windemere with her mother’s old nanny, Ewe Sinclair, a self-confessed gossip who spends a lot of her time talking to her young charge about the case. This allows Challis to show both their speculations, and the things which Daphne discovers, alongside the official investigation; both unfold side by side. This is a simple plot device, but an eminently clever one to use in such a novel.

Murder on the Cliffs is an absorbing novel. The only issue which I had with the book were a few awkward uses of dialogue; either it did not fit with the character in question, or it was too modern. This did not detract from the story in any great way, however, nor did it lessen my enjoyment of the book. Challis has blended fact and fiction wonderfully, and whilst I did guess the denouement before it occurred, I still found Murder on the Cliffs a most enjoyable read. I will happily carry on with the rest of the du Maurier Mystery Series. ...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Cornerofmadness rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery

Mom wanted this one so I got it for her for the holidays. I’m not overly fond of mystery series that use authors as the protagonist. I’ve seen Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, the Alquonquin Club, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and now this one brings us Daphne du Maurier. It was probably the best of the aforementioned bunch.

Young Daphne has gone to Cornwall to research an old abbey’s scrolls, staying with Ewe Sinclair, her mother’s old nurse. She has a love of Gothic architecture and wants to use it to wr Mom wanted this one so I got it for her for the holidays. I’m not overly fond of mystery series that use authors as the protagonist. I’ve seen Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, the Alquonquin Club, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and now this one brings us Daphne du Maurier. It was probably the best of the aforementioned bunch.

Young Daphne has gone to Cornwall to research an old abbey’s scrolls, staying with Ewe Sinclair, her mother’s old nurse. She has a love of Gothic architecture and wants to use it to write to. When she goes up to the cliffs to drink in the ambience, Daphne hears screaming. She runs to the aid of Lianne Hartley who has found her soon-to-be sister-in-law Victoria dead on the beach. Daphne helps to pull the dead girl away from the tide and ends up swept up in the mystery of Victoria’s death.

Much to Ewe’s chagrin, Daphne seems not only determined to solve the mystery but she seems unable to break away from the Hartleys. She is friend to Lianne and to David, Victoria’s fiancée. She doesn’t like Lady Hartley, the cold head of the family. Victoria seemed to be a poor choice for David, an aristocrat while Victoria was part of the help. It’s quickly obvious that Lady Hartley hated her future daughter in law. Unfortunately Sir Edward, the detective is one of Hartley’s tenants and Victoria’s brother, Connan works for them. Everyone is quite sure a Hartley is the killer and just as sure they’ll get away with it.

That in mind Daphne is determined to play sleuth. And for someone who is so determined she rather be her own woman and have nothing to do with marriage, she seems to vacillate between David and Connan a little too much. Then Ewe adds in a third man, Mr. Brown, who irritates the living hell out of Daphne (and I assumed immediately he wasn’t what he appeared to be).

I enjoyed the book. I was a little disappointed in who the killer was since it didn’t seem to match the method of murder. Daphne mentions a few too many times how much she loves big old houses and seems to be a little too susceptible to the charms of the men (then again I know nothing about the real Miss du Maurier other than her work. I don’t know a thing about her personal life though from this it seems she’s from a famous family). I did like how the author intercut the narrative with the formation of Rebecca in Daphne’s head. The book’s exposition seems gothic in nature and fitting for Miss du Maurier. I’d look up more in the series.
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Dec 02, 2009 April rated it really liked it

Murder on the Cliffs is the first in a promising new mystery series by Joanna Challis. Daphne du Maurier is a young inspiring author who, instead of staying home to pursue a husband, as her mother would like, decides to take on an adventure by staying with her mother's old nanny. It doesn't take long for her to find adventure, as she discovers a dead body shortly after her arrival to Cornwall. Not only does she discover the dead body of a young woman, who she later finds out is named Victoria, b ...more

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Jan 18, 2010 Sandie rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2010-books, gothic-thriller, cozy

In her attempt to capture the mood and impact of the romantic gothics produced by Daphne du Maurier, Joanne Challis has given us a rather flimsy and shadowy imitation of one of Ms. du Maurier's more famous works, REBECCA.....which itself was Ms.du Maruier's reworking of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

All of the ingredients are there. The young Daphne, enamored with old buildings and ancient history, unwittingly pulled into the lives of the Hartley family whose grand mansion holds a plethora of sec ...more

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Nov 18, 2011 Kris - My Novelesque Life rated it liked it

2.5 STARS

"The storm led me to Padthaway.

I could never resist the allure of dark swirling clouds, windswept leaves sweeping down cobbled lanes or a view of the sea stirring up its defiant nature. The sea possessed a power all of its own and this part of Cornwall, an isolated stretch of rocky cliff tops and unexplored beaches both enchanted and terrified me.

It is not a lie to say I felt drawn out that day, led to a certain destiny...

So begins this new mystery series featuring young Daphne du M ...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Melissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own

I am embarrassed to admit that I've never read anything by Daphne Du Maurier, but reading Challis' mystery has made me strongly desire to remedy that. Many thanks to Lance and the folks involved with the Omnimystery Book Tour for Joanna Challis' breathtaking first book in her Daphne Du Maurier series. I'm excited to be a part of this tour!

I could not put this book down. The writing was breezy and flowed beautifully and I couldn't help but get wrapped up in the mystery and the characters involved ...more

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Joanna Challis, a lover of old houses, wild English gardens, and dusty bookstores, lives and writes in Australia, but her heart resides on the cliffs of Cornwall. She is the author of the Daphne du Maurier Mysteries.