WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY VAL McDERMID Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is wholly unprepared...

By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train comes a gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place? von Highsmith, Patricia

Leute, die an die Tür klopfen von Highsmith, Patricia

An unlikely encounter between Therese, a young sales clerk, and Carol, a lonely homemaker, leads to an amorous romance in this classic work of lesbian fiction. Struggling against the oppressive routines of their daily lives and the...

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'Vic and Melinda Van Allen seem to be the perfect couple, but appearances are deceptive. There is no love left in their marriage, only jealousy, and...

Little Tales of Misogyny von Highsmith, Patricia

In a cruel twist of irony, Texas-born Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is being recognized only after her death for her inestimable genius in her native land. With the savage humor of Waugh and the macabre sensibility of Poe, she brought a...

Der junge und attraktive Tom Ripley schlägt sich mit kleineren Betrügereien durchs Leben, bis sich ihm die Möglichkeit bietet nach Italien zu reisen. Dort soll er den Sohn des reichen Herbert Greenleaf dazu überreden, wieder nach Hause...

Die Katzen waren Patricia Highsmiths beständigste Begleiter durchs Leben. Bis zu sechs hatte sie aufs Mal. Sie lebten mit ihr und um sie herum, sie schliefen in ihrem Bett und saßen auf ihrem Schreibtisch. Und sie wurden immer wieder zum...

Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over.Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to...

First published in 1980, this is the fourth novel in Highsmith's hugely influential, groundbreaking Ripley series. von Highsmith, Patricia

A masterpiece of noir fantasy in which Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday life. von Highsmith, Patricia