Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Awards

Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2002

Books by Patricia Highsmith

  • Strangers on a Train

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith." —Time
  • People Who Knock on the Door

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing...bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night." —The New Yorker
  • Ripley's Game

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    With its sinister humor and genius plotting, Ripley's Game is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero.
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    An American classic and the inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series.
  • Ripley Under Water

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." —Frank Rich
  • Ripley Under Ground

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."—Frank Rich
  • The Boy Who Followed Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." —Frank Rich
  • The Blunderer

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing...bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night." —The New Yorker
  • The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Grisly and atmospheric…[these] stories feature small worlds of animal amorality in which the sweet taste of revenge leaves no aftertaste of guilt." —Publishers Weekly
  • This Sweet Sickness

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    In This Sweet Sickness, Patricia Highsmith, in her own inimitable fashion, has created a complex psychological tale as suspenseful as The Talented Mr. Ripley.