Manderley has become mistress of Manderley, senses an atmosphere of doom about it, due to the death of Max's first wife (the titular Rebecca), and it is hinted that she haunts the estate. Childhood visits to Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, home of the Fitzwilliam family, influenced the descriptions of Manderley, especially the interior. She told the 10th Earl Fitzwilliam in a letter that when she wrote "Rebecca" 20 years later, the interior of Manderley was based on her recollection of the rooms and 'big house feel' of Milton in the First World War. The adult du Maurier's Cornish home near Fowey, called
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