Marnie

by Winston Graham

First published 1961

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4.3(662)

Marnie follows a young woman whose charm and efficiency conceal theft, false identities and deep psychological damage. When one of her employers traps her into marriage rather than handing her to the police, the story becomes a study of control, fear, desire and the limits of rescue.

This is primarily psychological suspense rather than historical fiction. I have therefore left it without historical-context or people relationships, while adding cleaner subject and genre data so it does not get forced into the site’s period structure.