**AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT**'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The
Times'Ripley amoral hedonistic and charming is a genuinely original creation' Daily
Telegraph'He is using you for what you are worth'Tom Ripley wants money success and the good
life - and he's willing to kill for it. Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and
the law Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his
new-found happiness is threatened his response is as swift as it is shocking. This is the
first in Highsmith's classic series featuring the character of Tom Ripley. The Talented Mr
Ripley also inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow and
Jude Law. One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.