Jamaica Inn (novel) Jamaica Inn (novel) Jamaica Inn is a novel by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. It was later made into a film, also called "Jamaica Inn", directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820. It was inspired by du Maurier's 1930 stay at the real Jamaica Inn, which still exists and is a pub in the middle of Bodmin Moor. The plot follows a group of murderous wreckers who run ships aground, kill the sailors and steal the cargo. Mary Yellan, twenty years old, was brought up on a farm
Bedelia Du Maurier came as a result of a violent incident involving a patient who was referred to her by Lecter, and that this patient died during that attack. She warns Lecter that he must maintain professional boundaries in his relationship with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and that he might not be able to help him. During a dinner at Du Maurier's house, she warns Lecter to be careful as "they (FBI) are starting to see your pattern" – suggesting she may be well aware of Lecter's true nature. Du Maurier terminates her psychiatrist-patient relationship with Lecter after coming to the conclusion that