To top it off, she quickly reveals that Christina isn’t even her real name!Ĭhristina is in danger from unknown villains, and under the influence of unknown forces.
Even more strange, Christina’s personality seems to completely change at night, and she goes from an innocent young woman to a cunning and even savage temptress. Christina has been brought to the Riviera from England by her father, who has informed her that her life is in danger and that she must remain hidden until a precise date in the next few weeks to assure her safety. When Molly’s curiosity finally leads her to meet the young woman - Christina Mordant - the mystery only deepens. Her attention is diverted, however, by the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor - a young woman who lives alone, has no guests, stays indoors all day long and goes out for long walks at night. Molly Fountain, an aging author of mystery thrillers, has retired to the region to focus on her writing. The novel begins innocently enough on the French Riviera. I never got very far, however: was it intuition, or was I just not in the mood for that sort of story?
On numerous occasions when I’ve been looking for something new to read, I passed over Daughter or even picked it up off the shelf and started to read the first chapter. Oddly, however, though To the Devil – a Daughter looked to be another entertaining Satanic thriller like Rides Out and Toby Jugg, I found myself curiously unable to dive into the book.
Not long afterwards I picked up a copy of one of Wheatley’s most famous novels, To the Devil – a Daughter (1953): Way back in 2008 I favorably reviewed Wheatley’s supernatural thrillers The Devil Rides Out (1934) and The Haunting of Toby Jugg (1948) as well as his bizarre adventure novel They Found Atlantis (1936). I’ve read a number of novels by the author Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) and have generally been impressed.
Occasionally, I just have a feeling about a book.
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