false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174920095m/454539.jpg 454539 18 Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she is especially fond of Stella, a woman dying of cancer - whose own secrets parallel Jenny's - with the difference that she may have been involved in murdering her lover's husband. 2768858 1996 The Brimstone Wedding total:196|5:42|4:76|3:63|2:13|1:2| 196 731 263 22 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:02:14 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:17:58 -0700 2009
As with many Vines, there are parallel stories - Jenny ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 15:33:32 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 19:30:19 -0800 2008 2 x more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:59:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:08:59 -0700 2009 1 The Birthday Present, which I'd just read). Jenny Warner is a caregiver at a retirement home, where she comes to know Stella Newland, who is dying of lung cancer. Stella has long held on to secrets about her life, which she eventuall...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 31 06:46:43 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 06:56:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Dec 14 12:50:29 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 12:50:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 04:50:18 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 04:54:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:45:35 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 07:00:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 13:44:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:19:19 -0700 2009 little too long to get to the "big secret," to the point that it slowed down the story for me. ]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 18 13:38:03 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:46:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 07 18:00:41 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 10:09:44 -0800 2008
Long a fan of Ruth Rendell, I recently started reading the books she's written as Barbara Vine. They're not mysteries, exactly, nor are they are psychological thrillers (like her non-Wexford...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:22:16 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:24:01 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:09:07 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:10:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 08:21:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 08:23:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 17:02:42 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 17:03:12 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 27 20:36:58 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 20:41:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 13:36:33 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 12:27:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Tue Jan 08 13:06:05 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 13:06:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Nov 25 19:48:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 23:48:38 -0800 2008 once 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Mar 04 15:25:32 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 15:28:34 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 07:31:40 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 08:56:34 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=454539