Jamaica Inn

In the 1800s, young Mary Yellan travels to Bodmin Moor to live with her aunt at Jamaica Inn, a lonely coaching inn that respectable travellers avoid. She finds her aunt frightened and her uncle, the landlord, brutal and secretive. Strange night-time visitors and locked rooms point to dark dealings on the wild Cornish coast. Mary must decide whom she can trust, including the landlord's charming brother. The novel is a atmospheric tale of danger and courage, and it helped establish du Maurier's reputation for moorland gothic.