Author: Daphne du Maurier
Published: 1935
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Rating: 3.5
Summary
The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast. But Mary Yellan chose instead to honor her mother's dying request that she join her frightened Aunt Patience and huge, hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn. From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. But never did Mary dream that she would become hopelessly ensnared in the vile, villainous schemes being hatched within its crumbling walls...or that a handsome, mysterious stranger would so incite her passions, tempting her to love a man whom she dares not trust.
Review
The story is rather dark, with some truly evil characters. And although the ending is predictable, the suspense is well-written enough to keep the reader turning pages. A good, semi-creepy, Gothic-style read for the Halloween season.
