{"product_id":"the-bridesmaid-9780099681809","title":"The Bridesmaid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFrom Doon With Death\u003c\/i\u003e, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with \u003ci\u003eA Demon in My View,\u003c\/i\u003e a Gold Dagger award for\u003ci\u003e Live Fles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young man refurbishes suburban homes, lives with his mother and sister, becomes obsessed with a garden nymph statue and then dangerously infatuated with its living lookalike. This relationship is emotional, erotic and vampiric, with him as the victim * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eEvery sentence is appallingly, shockingly convincing . . . a memorably harrowing journey through sick and weak minds, written with a skill that makes it relentlessly gripping * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eTo read her at her best - and \u003ci\u003eThe Bridesmaid\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps her best book - is like stepping on to a trundling country bus and feeling it turn into a roller coaster * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eIf Ruth Rendell were not slotted into the category of writer of mystery novels, she would have won the Booker long ago * Books of the Year, Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eRuth Rendell, like all the great creators of crime fiction, keeps her pact with the reader. There’s a murder mystery, there are clues, there is a solution. It’s a very satisfying read * Giles Brandreth *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017533063511,"sku":"9780099681809","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099681809.jpg?v=1750773859","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bridesmaid-9780099681809","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}