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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...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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'...

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...

Today - from haute couture to ready-to-wear - parkas, puffer coats and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. Bu...

A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia, leaving a trail of terror in his wake. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in th...

'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...

Sybel, the beautiful great-granddaughter of the wizard Heald, has grown up on Eld Mountain with only the fantastic beasts summoned there by wizardr...

Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologet...

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