After Midnight

by Daphne Du Maurier

ISBN: 9780349019543

Published: 2025-09-30

INTRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER STEPHEN KING A STUNNING NEW HARDBACK COLLECTION OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S THIRTEEN DARKEST STORIES - INCLUDING 'THE BIRDS' AND 'DON'T LOOK NOW' Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. A group of wartime scientists attempt to capture the power of death, an eye operation reveals a monstrous reality, and a woman returns home to find she doesn't exist. From murderous desires to supernatural forces, du Maurier's masterful short stories stare into the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Whatever you do, don't look now . . . PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER: 'These stories are staggeringly good' Stephen King 'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' Sarah Perry 'Moody and unnerving' Gillian Flynn 'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of...