The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 295 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A young man sent to Europe on a job slowly assumes the life of the man he is sent to help.
Ripley Series
This series follows the life of a charismatic but psychopathic con artist who builds his life on lies and identity theft. We witness his dangerous games with fate and his attempts to evade justice as he navigates the world of the wealthy and unscrupulous. The tension mounts with every step he takes, driving him deeper into a moral abyss. It's a captivating exploration of dark psychology and a mirror to societal illusions.
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NOW A MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIESTom 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.Now a[Bokinfo].
The Buckmaster Gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition, but now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake. Ripley needs the perfect solution to keep his role in the fraud a secret and his reputation clean but not everyone's nerves are as steady as his. Especially when it comes to murder.
Ripley's Game
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
O terceiro romance da série é um dos mais matizados em termos psicológicos - particularmente memorável pelo seu humor negro -, tendo sido aclamado pela crítica pela sua capacidade de manipular as regras do género.
Vintage Crime: The Boy Who Followed Ripley
- 292 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Tom Ripley é abordado na rua por um garoto que fugira dos Estados Unidos depois de matar o pai. Intrigado com a inocência do jovem "assassino", Ripley decide hospedá-lo quando percebe que o menino está sendo seguido. Em pouco tempo, cresce entre os dois uma relação de cumplicidade, e eles viajam a Paris e depois a Berlim às escondidas. Mas ali descobrem que há mais gente interessada no garoto. Daí para a frente, o destino do menino passa a depender da astúcia e do sangue-frio de Ripley.Charmoso, culto, rico, mas extremamente amoral, Tom Ripley é um dos mais talentosos e sedutores assassinos da literatura policial. Admirado pela crítica e pelo público, Ripley já foi interpretado no cinema por Alain Delon, Dennis Hopper, Matt Damon e John Malkovich.
Ripley Under Water
- 309 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Tom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor. But some new neighbors have moved to Villeperce: the Pritchards, just arrived from America. they are a ghastly pair, with vulgar manners and even more vulgar taste. Most inconvenient, though, is their curiosity. Ripley does, after all, have a few things to hide. When menacing coincidences begin to occur, a spiraling contest of sinister hints and mutual terrorism ensues, resulting in one of Patricia Highsmith's most elegantly harrowing novels to date.
