Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier

First published in 1941, Frenchman's Creek tells the tale of the impetuous, and irritatingly headstrong, Lady Dona. Disillusioned with the excesses of London life she abandons her doting ( though rather dim-witted ) husband Harry and takes her unenthusiastic offspring to stay at his country estate in Cornwall. Unlike Rebecca, this novel's plot is transparent from the outset. During Dona's first night in reidence she discovers a book, written in French, and a jar of tobacco. Innocent enough save for the fact that these items were residing in the table drawer beside her bed... who's been sleeping in my bed? cries the startled Goldilocks! A few pages on ( ...