The Bridesmaid: a passionate love story with a chilling, dark twist from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell

Philip Wardman had more than just trhe 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 fenimine 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 flgrantly disdains the morals of society and passionately desires the elusive Philip - container.