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'My secrets - the secrets that everyone has - are here, in black and white.' Before Alfred Hitchcock adapted her debut novel, Strangers on a Train...

A chilling masterpiece of obsession, ambition, and cold-blooded murder. Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley introduces one of literature’s...

The Talented Mr. Ripley follows the story of Tom Ripley, who is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law. When an unexpected ...

Highsmith: Ripley's Game follows the story of Tom Ripley, a man who detested murder. However, he believed it was acceptable if it was absolutely ne...

Highsmith: Ripley Under Ground follows the intriguing tale of the Buckmaster Gallery staging another Derwatt exhibition. However, an American colle...

Review The whole book is excellent. Highsmith is pointed and dry about herself and everything else. But the early chapters are special. They c...

The psychologists would call it folie a deux... 'Bruno slammed his palms together. 'Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my fa...

A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, The Price ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, A KIND OF MURDER, STARRING PATRICK WILSON AND JESSICA BIEL By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol ...

Review Small g is a welcome addition to Highsmith's published novels, offering readers an insight into a fascinating aspect of Swiss society and a...

WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH BBC RADIO 4'S OPEN BOOK One family's skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery ...

Product Description SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN'Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page'Harlan Coben'...

Leaving isn't safe... But staying would be deadly. 'An addictive read. . . Patricia Highsmith meets Shirley Jackson' - GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'A deli...

Review Swanson's pacing is exemplary. He knows how to ration his twists and where in the narrative to place them... the way he does it is so smart...

'A superb debut novel... Anyone who enjoyed The White Lotus will love Thomas's scalpel-sharp skewering of the mores and idiocies of the idle rich' ...

'For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith' A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window YOU WAKE UP COVERED IN BLOOD ...

'A highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' The Guardian 'This playful caper is equally succ...

'One of the funniest books I've ever read' - Gore Vidal * The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless ...

Review Excellent . This sharp, tense, clever novel, still readable and relevant all these years later, is a testament to changing social attitudes...

'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' - Elizabeth Bowen In the faded coast...