The Bridesmaid
by Ruth Rendell
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Philip Wardman's ideal of beauty is a statue of a minor Greek goddess, Flora, which stands in his widowed mother's garden. When he meets the living incarnation of the statue, a lovely, ethereal actress named Senta Pelham, he begins an affair with her. Unlike Philip, who has a neurotic fear of violence and death, Senta is fascinated with death and her distain for humanity leads her to propse an evil game for Philip to prove his love.
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Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, England, fiction, Large type books, English fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Psychological fiction, New York Times reviewed, Femmes fatales, Sex addiction, Women murderers, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Crime, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fear of death, Fiction, Actresses, Personality disorders, MurderPlaces
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"Originally published in hardcover by The Mysterious Press. First Mysterious Press Paperback Printing: July, 1990"--Title page verso.
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When Philip Wardman's feminine ideal, a Greek goddess, appears in the flesh as Senta Pelham, Philip thinks he has found true love. But darker forces are at work, and Senta is led to propose that Philip prove his love by committing murder.
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