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My Cousin Rachel
Daphne du Maurier
Doubleday: 1951, 352 pages
Reviewed by Sheryl Walters
**Warning - this review contains spoilers!
Philip Ashley is heir to his older cousin, Ambrose. They both live simple lives until Ambrose marries an Italian woman named Rachel. He dies suddenly and Philip is set to inherit his estate when he turns 25, in less than a year. Philip had received mysterious notes from his cousin and had went to check on him in Florence. He was too late and Rachel was gone as well. Upon his return to England, Rachel came to his house. No arrangements had been made for her to have any property or money. She stays with Philip and over time, he falls in love with her and eventually gives her everything, but she does not return his affection. The story had the reader wondering if she is sincere or if she possibly murdered Ambrose and is money-hungry. The question is never fully answered as she has an accident in the end, and dies, and all the property and money revert back to Philip. I enjoyed the thrill of the book, but did feel that it dragged on and the story could have been told in much less time.
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