Title: My Cousin Rachel
First published: 1972
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)