Jamaica Inn (1939)

Set in early 19th-century Cornwall, Mary Yellan, an Irish orphan, comes to live with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss Merlyn at a remote and sinister inn. Mary quickly discovers that her uncle leads a ruthless gang of shipwreckers who extinguish coastal beacons to lure ships to destruction on the rocky shore, stealing their cargo and killing survivors. Mary grapples with the danger around her, unsure of who she can trust in this perilous, lawless land.