The Bride Collector

2010 novel by Ted Dekker
First edition

The Bride Collector is a 2010, thriller, and suspense novel written by Ted Dekker and published by Center Street. This marked Ted Dekker's eighth thriller novel.

Plot summary

FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women and leaves a bridal veil at each crime scene. 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 who have extraordinary gifts. It's there that he meets Paradise. 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. Paradise may be the key to help solve the case with Brad before it's too late. The Bride Collector will haunt the reader with a new way of looking at beauty, love, and the world in which we live.

Reviews

The Bride Collector currently[when?] holds a four out of five star rating on Amazon.com, Inc.

Examiner.com says: "Absolutely the best beach read of the summer, the best late night read of the fall."

It holds a #43 spot in the NPR's top fifty thrillers of all time.

External links

  • http://www.teddekker.com/
  • http://www.amazon.com/The-Bride-Collector-Ted-Dekker/dp/B0058M5WKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353890269&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bride+collector+ted

References

  • http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/128718927/audience-picks-top-100-killer-thrillers
  • http://www.barnesandnoble.com/sample/read/9781599953724
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Works by Ted Dekker
The Books of
History Chronicles
The Circle series
  • Black (2004)
  • Red (2004)
  • White (2004)
  • Green (2009)
  • The Circle (2011)
The Lost Books series
  • Chosen (2007)
  • Infidel (2007)
  • Renegade (2008)
  • Chaos (2008)
  • Lunatic (2009, with Kaci Hill)
  • Elyon (2009, with Kaci Hill)
The Paradise Novels
  • Showdown (2006)
  • Saint (2006)
  • Sinner (2008)
The Books of Mortals series
  • The Keeper (2011, with Tosca Lee)
  • Forbidden (2011, with Tosca Lee)
  • Mortal (2012, with Tosca Lee)
  • Sovereign (2013, with Tosca Lee)
Other books
  • House (2006, with Frank Peretti)
  • Skin (2007)
  • Immanuel's Veins (2010)
  • The Blood Book (2011, with Kevin Kaiser and Josh Olds)
Thrillers
  • Blink (2003, Blink of an Eye 2007)
  • Three (2003)
  • Obsessed (2005)
  • Adam (2008)
  • Kiss (2009, with Erin Healy)
  • BoneMan's Daughters (2009)
  • Burn (2010, with Erin Healy)
  • The Bride Collector (2010)
  • The Priest's Graveyard (2011)
  • The Sanctuary (2012)
The Caleb series
  • Blessed Child (2001, with Bill Bright)
  • A Man Called Blessed (2002, with Bill Bright)
The Martyr's Song series
  • Heaven's Wager (2000)
  • When Heaven Weeps (2001)
  • Thunder of Heaven (2002)
  • The Martyr's Song (2005)
Outlaw Chronicles
  • Outlaw (2013)
  • Eyes Wide Open (2014)
  • Water Walker (2014)
  • Hacker (2014)
Other titles
  • The Promise (2005)
  • The Drummer Boy (2006)
  • To Kill with Reason (2010)
  • Genesis (2011)
Non-fiction
  • The Slumber of Christianity (2005)
  • Tea with Hezbollah (2010, with Carl Medearis)
Graphic novels
  • Black (2007)
  • Red (2007)
  • White (2007)
  • Chosen (2008)
  • Infidel (2008)
  • Renegade (2009)
  • Chaos (2009)
  • The Circle Series Visual Edition (2009)
  • The Lost Books Visual Edition (2010)
Film adaptations
  • Three (2007)
  • House (2008)


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