Those Who Walk Away is a brilliant psychological thriller - a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in the labyrinthine streets of Venice. 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...

"Eleven" ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten der amerikanischen Autorin Patricia Highsmith. Diese Geschichten erkunden die dunklen und oft verstörenden Aspekte der menschlichen Natur. Highsmith, bekannt für ihre psychologischen...

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

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...

"Strangers on a Train" von Patricia Highsmith ist ein psychologischer Thriller, der sich um die zufällige Begegnung zweier Männer in einem Zug dreht. Guy Haines, ein Architekt, und Charles Bruno, ein wohlhabender Müßiggänger, kommen ins...

'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...

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