The Bridesmaid

Ruth Rendell

ISBN 10: 0385252234 / ISBN 13: 9780385252232

Published by Doubleday Canada, Limited, Toronto, Canada, 1989

About this Item

First Canadian edition. A NEAR FINE book in NEAR FINE jacket, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Seller Inventory # JD4896

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bridesmaid
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada, Limited, Toronto, Canada
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385252234
• ISBN 13: 9780385252232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Philip Wardman had more than just the ordinary squeamishness where death was concerned. Yet he could hardly avoid the suspicious disappearance of his sister's friend Rebecca Neave, especially when everyone was ascribing the cause to murder. Philip's feminine ideal is the statue of the Roman goddess Flora in his mother's garden. His marble Flora doesn't fade, doesn't alter, doesn't die. But then he meets Senta Pelham, a beautiful, sensual, childlike actress who flagrantly disdains the morals of society and passionately desires the elusive Philip. But what is the real reason for her obsessive devotion? Most important, will their flesh-and-blood relationship require a murder to prove it is the real thing?

About the Author

Ruth Rendell is the author of 33 novels and her work has been published in 15 languages.  Some of the award-winning titles include:  A DEMON IN MY VIEW, LAKE OF DARKNESS, A DARK-ADAPTED EYE, (written as Barbara Vine) LIVE FLESH and A FATAL INVERSION.  Ruth Rendell lives with her husband in a sixteenth century farmhouse in Suffolk, England.