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Book SynopsisNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING VIGGO MORTENSON AND KIRSTEN DUNST
By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train.
''The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense'' MARK BILLINGHAM
''The No. 1 greatest crime writer'' THE TIMES
''I''m a huge fan'' SARAH WATERS
Two men meet in the picturesque backstreets of Athens. Chester MacFarlane is a conman with multiple false identities, near the end of his rope and on the run with his young wife Colette. Rydal Keener is a young drifter looking for adventure: he finds it in one evening as the law catches up to Chester and Colette, and their fates become fatally entwined.
Patricia Highsmith draws us deep into a cross-European game of cat and mouse in this masterpiece of suspense from the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley.
Trade ReviewHighsmith is a
giant of the genre. The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense -- Mark Billingham
There are many attractive parts to this thriller - handsome leads, a meaty Patricia Highsmith plot, Mediterranean sunlight on cream linen suits * Guardian *
The
No. 1 greatest crime writer * The Times *
An offbeat, provocative and
absorbing suspense novel * New York Times *
With
fantastic pace and mounting tension the plot propels you into a nail-biting game of cat-and-mouse -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *
I'm a huge fan -- Sarah Waters
Highsmith's novels are
peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night * New Yorker *
[Highsmith's] characters are irrational, and they leap to life in their very lack of reason . . .
Highsmith is the poet of apprehension rather than fear -- Graham Greene
Suspenseful and evocative * Stylist *
