My Cousin Rachel

Description:

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries - and there he dies suddenly. In almost no time at all, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - turns up in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. And yet ...might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death?

subjects: Romantic suspense fiction,  Fiction in English,  Fiction,  Man-woman relationships,  Suspicion,  Cousins,  Social conditions,  Social life and customs,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Love, fiction,  Orphans, fiction,  Readers,  Children's fiction,  Fiction, romance, suspense,  Fiction, general,  English language,  Textbooks for foreign speakers,  Readers for new literates

Places: Cornwall (England : County),  Florence (Italy)