Red Bride Author:Christopher Fowler John Chapel is a London insurance agent who quits his job and goes to work for a public relations firm. His first client is Ixora de Corizo, a beautiful model of mysterious background who is acting in her first film. Chapel falls in love, abandons his family, moves into the crumbling de Corizo mansion with Ixora, and finally marries her. — Chapel... more »'s descent into this romantic maelstrom is paralleled by the occurrence of seven vicious murders that lead the police closer to Ixora.« less