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Country United Kingdom Publication date 28 March 1996 Pages 320 (paperback) Originally published 28 March 1996 Preceded by No Night Is Too Long Genres Mystery, Crime Fiction | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print/Audiobook ISBN 0-14-025280-0 Page count 320 (paperback) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Viking Press (UK), Harmony Books (US) Similar Ruth Rendell books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Brimstone Wedding is a 1996 mystery novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the name Barbara Vine.
Plot summary
Jenny Warden, a care-assistant in a retirement home, is in a loveless marriage, and has a lover. She befriends Stella Newland, a resident with cancer. Stella slowly reveals to Jenny the events of her own life, which in some ways parallels Jenny's. Stella gives Jenny the keys to a house that Stella owns, and the intrigue and their relationship deepens.
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