When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come 1. But she soon finds that Manderley is haunted by the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died the year before.

As the hot summer fades, the mystery of Rebecca's death grows, weaving a spell of fear and foreboding.

In a series of climactic revelations, Rebecca's memory is finally laid to rest, but at what cost?