Jamaica Inn – Daphne du Maurier
Like “Rebecca” and “Frenchman’s Creek,” “Jamaica Inn” bears the ominous hallmark of du Maurier. While they may have a “happy” ending, the overall emotion is an enticing menace.
This time the story takes us to the moors where we, along with Mary, are introduced to the brutality of the coastal smugglers. How Mary extricates herself from her uncle’s world and finds happiness in the end is a fascinating ride.
BLURB
Mary Yellan travels across the rain-soaked moors to Jamaica Inn on a cold November evening in respect of her dying mother’s request. When she arrives, the coachman’s warning begins to reverberate in her mind, as her aunt Patience cowers in front of towering Uncle Joss Merlyn. Mary, terrified of the inn’s ominous power, eventually becomes entangled in the murky plots unfolding beyond its decaying walls — and persuaded to love a man she can’t trust.
The source of inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 masterpiece.
DARLENE JONES 
I loved this book when I read it many years ago.