Daphne : A Novel

"Deftly drawn. An accomplished retelling…The reader need not be a devotée of Branwell Brontë or Daphne du Maurier or even the Gothic genre to take pleasure in this novel; the butterflies are brightly colored and the display well-lit."—Washington Post

Folding biographical details of its real-life heroine, Daphne de Maurier, into a page-turning plot, Daphne is a deftly crafted literary mystery: a tale of obsession and possession, of stolen manuscripts and forged signatures, of love lost and love found.

“An engrossing and absorbing read…Superbly evoked…Clearly Picardie has lived, breathed, eaten and drunk her heroine, absorbed her, analyzed her, understood her…investing her portrait with an authenticity that is breathtaking.” —Los Angeles Times

“Like a du Maurier novel, mystery and gothic plotting make the novel a page-turner…A novel for anyone who loves novels.” —Booklist

“This glorious novel…is a divine treat for lovers of literary mysteries.” —Times (London)

“An absolute gem of a novel.” —Library Journal

“Merging fact and fiction, all three narratives come together brilliantly in the end.” —More