Daphne du Maurier novel into French and sent it to a publisher in Paris, who she learned was also Ms. du Maurier's [publisher] only after "Rebecca" became a worldwide success. The novels have identical plots and even some identical episodes." Author Frank Baker believed that du Maurier had plagiarised his novel "The Birds" (1936) in her short story "The Birds" (1952). Du Maurier had been working as a reader for Baker's publisher Peter Davies at the time he submitted the book. When Hitchcock's "The Birds" was released in 1963, based on du Maurier's story, Baker considered, but was advised against, pursuing costly litigation
I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel) Bud never tried to hurt him, and Ray answers: "He did, tonight. He knew the worst thing for me would be to stay alive in a world without you." In October 2018, Little, Brown, the publishers of many of Duncan's titles, reissued her books with updates to modernize some of the content. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was in the first group of 10 different titles that were updated and reissued with these changes. Small details were changed to include references to modern tools such as Google, cell phones, and clothing choices. I Know What You Did Last