By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train'By opening this book, you've given Patricia Highsmith permission to follow you, catch you, take you apart.
The hardscrabble Chase women - Mary, Hannah, and their mother Diane - have been eking out a living running a tiny seaside motel that has been in the family for generations, inviting trouble into their lives for just as long.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA'Du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings' STEPHEN KING 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'One of the most shocking plot twists in all of literature' GILLIAN FLYNNJohn and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN' The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' SUNDAY TIMES 'Uncomfortable, frightening, compulsive and, worst of all, terribly believable' TIME OUTOn a stroll through Greenwich Village, security guard Ralph Linderman finds a wallet on the sidewalk.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies' OBSERVER 'For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith' TIME 'The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power .
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Highsmith is a damn fine writer' GUARDIAN'No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying' VOGUE'The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the style spare and superb' DAILY MAIL The honeymoon is over; the bride dead by her own hand.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying' VOGUE 'There's no one like Patricia Highsmith' TIME 'Master storyteller Highsmith offers an eerily up-to-date collection of modern horror tales' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Patricia Highsmith, an American who lived most of her life in Europe, was the author of such bestselling crime novels as Strangers on a Train, and The Talented Mr Ripley.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Highsmith's dark humour oozes through this new collection like a particularly delicious poison' ANDREW WILSON, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'This collection showcases the almost ventriloquistic powers of a dazzling writer over nearly half a century .
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Patricia Highsmith has an extraordinary talent for the sinister' GUARDIAN 'Highsmith was a genuine one-off, and her books will haunt you' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not-quite accidental' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWHorrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's life.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN'Forbidden desires, strange obsessions and a singular talent for suspense' GUARDIAN'What is striking about these stories is their integrity .
The propulsive classic thriller from the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Carol'The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense' MARK BILLINGHAM 'A gem .
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAININTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA'Highsmith probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of her novel' THE TIMES 'A work of extraordinary force and feeling .
A masterclass in slow-burn tension, Burial of Ghosts is a haunting standalone mystery from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers series.
Exposing the horrifying consequences when communities ignore the people who need them the most, The Shape of Snakes is the psychological mystery from crime queen Minette Walters.
'Ward writes with the same compelling energy as you get in a blockbuster Netflix series' Daily MailMaddie and Ian's love story began with a chance encounter at a party, while she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo.
"e;Blade-sharp, whip-smart, and genuinely original a thriller to refresh your faith in the genre, your belief that a story can still outpace and outsmart you.
'It is almost impossible to put down' - Lisa Tuttle, GUARDIAN'A stonking great slice of American folk horror: modern trauma layered with ancient evil' - DAILY MAILThe ranch was our dream home.
