Ripley wanted out. He wanted money, success, the good life - and he was willing to kill for it. This is the first novel to feature Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero, Tom Ripley.
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
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Someone else should do the dirty work for them - yes, someone with no criminal record could earn a very generous fee for doing a couple of simple murders. Ripley's Game is the third book in Highsmith's Ripley series, and was made into a film starring John Malkovich.
The Boy who Followed Ripley
- 335 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Fearing that he was directly responsible for the death of his father, an American multimillionaire food magnate, sixteen-year-old Frank Pierson learns of a plot to kidnap him and enlists the aid of Tom Ripley, an American expatriate in Paris
Remember Dickie Greenleaf? Tom Ripley killed him. The only thing is he keeps ringing Tom up. Enough to make even a cool cucumber like Ripley uneasy. This book immerses the reader in Tom's world at Belle Ombre with the lovely Heloise and the very shadowy world of art forgery and murder.