Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the
first time. Suave agreeable and completely amoral Patricia Highsmith's hero the inimitable
Tom Ripley stops at nothing--not even murder-- to accomplish his goals. In achieving for
himself the opulent life that he was denied as a child Ripley shows himself to be a master of
illusion and manipulation and a disturbingly sympathetic combination of genius and psychopath.
As Highsmith navigates the mesmerizing tangle of Ripley's deadly and sinister games she turns
the mystery genre inside out and takes us into the mind of a man utterly indifferent to evil.
The Talented Mr. Ripley In a chilling literary hall of mirrors Patricia Highsmith introduces
Tom Ripley. Like a hero in a latter-day Henry James novel is sent to Italy with a commission
to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very
fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him--exactly like him. Suave agreeable and
utterly amoral Ripley stops at nothing--certainly not only one murder--to accomplish his goal.
Turning the mystery form inside out Highsmith shows the terrifying abilities afforded to a man
unhindered by the concept of evil. Ripley Under Ground In this harrowing illumination of the
psychotic mind the enviable Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside a
beautiful and very rich wife and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But such a
gracious life has not come easily. One inopportune inquiry one inconvenient friend and
Ripley's world will come tumbling down--unless he takes decisive steps. In a mesmerizing novel
that coolly subverts all traditional notions of literary justice Ripley enthralls us even as
we watch him perform acts of pure and unspeakable evil. Ripley's Game Connoisseur of art
harpsichord aficionado gardener extraordinaire and genius of improvisational murder the
inimitable Tom Ripley finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a posh gala. While an
ordinary psychopath might repay the insult with some mild act of retribution what Ripley has
in mind is far more subtle and infinitely more sinister. A social slight doesn't warrant
murder of course-- just a chain of events that may lead to it.
