Rebecca: Daphne du Maurier

In Monte Carlo, the heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Shy, orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives - presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave. The second Mrs de Winter must contend with the ghost of the first - the beautiful, charming, sophisticated Rebecca, who died mysteriously and tragically. She must also do battle with housekeeper's Mrs Danver's obsessive worship of Rebecca.