The Brimstone Wedding

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The Brimstone Wedding
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarbara Vine
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime / Mystery novel
PublisherViking (UK)
Harmony (US)
Publication date
28 March 1996
Media typePrint/Audiobook
Pages320 (paperback)
ISBN0-14-025280-0
OCLC39328622
Preceded byNo Night Is Too Long 
Followed byThe Chimney-sweeper's Boy 

The Brimstone Wedding is a 1996 mystery novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the name Barbara Vine.[1][2]

Plot summary[edit]

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 terminal cancer, and Stella gradually reveals the events of her life, which in some ways parallel Jenny's.[1] A vanished film star and a secret house add to the intrigue until the terrible truth of the brimstone wedding is finally revealed.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hirst, Christopher (15 February 1997). "Paperbacks - The Brimstone Wedding". The Independent. Retrieved 7 January 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b Marilyn Stasio (4 February 1996). "COLLECTIONS>MYSTERY>Crime". New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2012.