Don't Look Now And Other Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange and violent events. The four other haunting, evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears and longings, secrets and desires: a lonely teacher who investigates a mysterious American couple, a young woman confronting her father's past, a party of pilgrims who meet disaster in Jerusalem and a scientist who harnesses the power of the mind to chilling effect.

• ISBN10: 0349006601
• ISBN13: 9780349006604
• Publish Date: 1 October 2015 (first published 28 June 1973)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[empressbrooke]

This collection contains nine short stories of varying length, including the one that inspired Hitchcock's The Birds. All nine stories are strong, which isn't something I often find in short story collections. When I was disappointed by the Richard Matheson collection [b:Button, Button Uncanny Stories|754250|Button, Button Uncanny Stories|Richard Matheson|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BZ77owv9L._SL75_.jpg|740369], I think I was expecting something like this.

As with any classic, ignore the introduction until you're finished unless you want everything spoiled for you.