Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
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The talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley under ground / Ripley's game
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1999
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
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1998
Small g
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1995
Crimenes Bestiales
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1995
Ripley Under Water (Ripley #5)
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1991
Mystery Cats
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1991
Ripley Under Water
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1991
The best horror stories
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1990
Tales of natural and unnatural catastrophes
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1987
Found in the street
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1985
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
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1984
People Who Knock on the Door
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1983
The boy who followed Ripley
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1981
Black House, the
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1981
The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley #4)
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1980
Little Tales of Misogyny
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1977
Edith's diary
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1977
The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder
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1975
Ripley's Game (Ripley #3)
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1974
A Dog's Ransom
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1972
Eleven
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1970
Ripley Under Ground
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1970
The Tremor of Forgery
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1969
Those Who Walk Away
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1967
Plotting and writing suspense fiction
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1966
A Suspension of Mercy (Random Acts of Kindness)
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1965
The Glass Cell
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1964
The two faces of January
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1964
The Cry of the Owl
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1962
This sweet sickness
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1960
A Game for the Living
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1958
Deep Water
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1957
The Talented Mr. Ripley
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1955
The Blunderer
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1954
The Price of Salt
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1952
Strangers On a Train
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1950