The Bride Collector, Ted Dekker
The Bride Collector, Ted Dekker
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The Bride Collector

Author: Ted Dekker

Narrator: John Glover

Unabridged: 13 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 04/13/2010


Synopsis

FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.

It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift: the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body.

In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlists Paradise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends this strange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most 'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whether sanity resides outside the hospital walls . . . or inside.

As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of his gruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal to Raines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensic psychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.

The FBI believes that the killer plans to murder seven women. Can Paradise help before it's too late?

About Ted Dekker

Ted Dekker is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including BoneMan's Daughters, Thr3e, House, the Circle series, and the Paradise books. His unique style of storytelling has captured the attention of millions worldwide.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda on January 08, 2017

Not for the faint of heart this is a dark, deeply disturbing tour-de-force of good versus evil, told in bone chillng, graphic detail. Make no mistake he will take you there and hold you hard and long into the night. My hat is off, Mr. DeKker. Bring it on!......more

Goodreads review by Angela on June 04, 2012

I had high hopes for this book. I love mysteries. I love me a good serial killer story. The protagonist is attracted to his model-lookalike partner. Are you tired of that storyline yet? I am. He also has a broken heart that has yet to heal fro about 10 years ago, and of course, this means that he is......more

Goodreads review by Ana on March 05, 2011

The Bride Collector / 978-1-599-95196-6 I picked this up at the library, and it's my first Ted Dekker novel. I understand he's quite famous, and I don't want to be overly negative, but I just really didn't enjoy this novel, and it didn't hold my interest. I really like crime dramas on television, and......more

Goodreads review by #ReadAllTheBooks on November 25, 2010

I've never read a Ted Dekker book, yet I'd been told great things about him & his work. When I got the chance to review this, I figured that this would be a great chance to experience the author. I just wish that this had lived up to all of the hype. The book follows the character of FBI agent Brad R......more

Goodreads review by Zylle on October 19, 2012

I won't go into the plot of the book, which was interesting enough. It was the relationships between the characters that made the book so blah to me. At the beginning of the book, there are hints that the main character has feelings for a co-worker. Later, another character is introduced who he deve......more