If Daphne du Maurier was apparently weaker at short stories then gee whizz the rest of us are doomed. I enjoyed this collection of varied short fiction immensely, thanks mainly to all of them having the essential sting in the tail or twist in the plot that really makes short stories work for me.

I was pulled in with the not-so-straight forward "Whodunnit?" or rather "Why-she-dun-it?" No Motive and I was held throughout as Du Maurier explores family, love, lies, scandal and even magical realism in this collection that is compiled of stories written both before the likes of Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek and after her long and accomplished line of novels.

If you like Du Maurier's novels, do not overlook this collection and maybe other of her short stories. Her words flow free and the stories she tells are original and authentic.