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TOM RIPLEY SERIES
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THE TALENTED
MR RIPLEY (Classic Mystery Fiction)
Like a hero in a
latter-day Henry James novel, Tom Ripley travels to Italy with
a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy
father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf.
He wants to be like him--exactly like him. Turning the mystery
form inside out, Highsmith shows the terrifying abilities afforded
to a man unhindered by the concept of evil.
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RIPLEY
UNDERGROUND
Tom Ripley has a
lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich
wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But this
gracious life has not come easily; it is based on murder, forgery,
and smuggling, and could topple at any moment.
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RIPLEY'S
GAME
Tom Ripley detested
murder. Unless it was absolutely necessary. If possible, he preferred
someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, someone with
no criminal record, who could commit "two simple murders" for
a very generous fee.
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THE
BOY WHO FOLLOWED RIPLEY
Frank Pierson, son
of a wealthy American family, has traced Tom Ripley to his home
in France. Frank has committed a crime - a murder - and senses
that Tom, not above the odd killing himself, is the best person
to shelter him. But from whom?
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RIPLEY
UNDER WATER
Tom Ripley leads
a life of luxury at his chateau in Villeperce. He passes his days
gardening, practicing the piano, and enjoying the company of his
lovely wife. Never mind the bloodstains in the basement. But now
he has new neighbors: a vulgar and curious American couple who,
Ripley fears, may discover his secrets.
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RIPLEY OMNIBUS
Complete series with
every book featuring the very talented Mr Ripley.
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OTHER BOOKS
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STRANGERS
ON A TRAIN
Bruno slammed his
palms together. "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! We murder for each
other see? We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each
other!" From this moment Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare
of shared guilt…
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A
GAME FOR THE LIVING
Ramn mends furniture.
Theodore paints. A devout Catholic, Ramn lives in Mexico City,
not far from where he was born into poverty. Theodore, a rich
German transplanted to a country where money buys some comfort
but no peace, believes in nothing at all. You'd think the two
had nothing in common. Except, of course, that both had slept
with Lelia. The two were good friends, so neither minded sharing
her affections. They did mind, however, when Lelia was found raped,
murdered, and horribly mutilated. The two friends, suspects both,
twist in a limbo of tension and doubt, each seeking his own form
of solace and truth.
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THE
CRY OF THE OWL
Robert Forester is
a fundamentally decent man who attracts trouble like a magnet,
and when he begins watching the domestic simplicity of Jenny's
life through her window, the deceptive calm of suburban Pennsylvania
is shattered.
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THE TWO
FACES OF JANUARY
Three of them are
waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen
in his grubby little Athens hotel. At forty-odd, Chester MacFarland
has been waiting much longer, expecting his life of stock manipulation
and fraud to catch up with him. And Colette, Chester's wife, is
waiting for something altogether different. After a nasty little
incident in the hotel, they all wait together. As the stakes-and
the tension-in their three-cornered waiting game mount, they learn
that while passports and silence can be bought, other things can
cost as much as your life.
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A SUSPENSION OF MERCY
Alicia Bartleby had
died at least twenty times in Sydney's imagination: he was a thriller
writer. So when Alicia decided to take a trip to Brighton incognito,
Sydney took the opportunity of doing some first-hand research
into the sensations of a suspected wife-murderer.
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THE BLUNDERER
Walter Stackhouse's
love for his wife is dead: now he wishes she was. His wish comes
true when Clara's body is found lying at the bottom of a cliff…
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THOSE
WHO WALK AWAY
The honeymoon is
over, and the bride is dead. The grieving husband convinces the
police in Rome of his innocence, but has no such luck with his
father-in-law, who shoots him at point-blank range and leaves
him for dead.
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THIS SWEET SICKNESS
Annabelle refused
even to visit the cosy home David Kelsey had so lovingly prepared
for her because she was already married. A minor obstacle from
David's point of view - the problem was to get Annabelle to see
it that way…
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THE TREMOR OF FORGERY
An American writer
is sent to Tunisia to gather material for a movie, but when his
producer fails to show up, he stays on and works instead on a
novel. Intimations of violence soon cast deep shadows, and he
finds himself an accomplice to murder.
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EDITH'S
DIARY
As Edith Howland's
life becomes harsh, her diary entries only become brighter and
brighter. She invents a happy life. As she knits for imaginary
grandchildren, the real world recedes. Her descent into madness
is subtle, appalling, and entirely believable.
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| SLOWLY,
SLOWLY IN THE WIND |
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THE BLACK HOUSE
Eleven sinister stories
reveal Patricia Highsmith's characters breaking the social laws
(often unconsciously) and paying the price.
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| PEOPLE
WHO KNOCK ON THE DOOR |
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| MERMAIDS
ON THE GOLF COURSE |
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| FOUND
IN THE STREET
Elise Tylor's beauty
is dangerous - but only to herself. Effortlessly attractive, Elsie
finds love simple. She is too innocent to understand the dark
obsessions lurking in the human heart. Too young to see that nothing
in life is easy - with the exception of death.
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SMALL G: A SUMMER IDYLL
The lives of a small
community are played out one summer at the "small g", a Zurich
bar best known for its not exclusively gay clientele.
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Born
in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in New York, Patricia Highsmith went
to Columbia, where she got her BA in English, Latin and Greek. Her debut
as a writer was with