Books

20+ results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The boy who followed Ripley The boy who followed Ripley Patricia Highsmith When a troubled young runaway arrives on Tom Ripley's French estate, he is drawn into a world he thought he'd left behind: the seedy underworld of Berlin, with its kidnapping plots, lies and deceptio… OL16068888W
Ripley entre deux eaux Ripley entre deux eaux Patricia Highsmith Analyse: Roman policier (enigme). OL18177757W
CREATURE DE REVE CREATURE DE REVE Patricia Highsmith Avec ce livre, P. Highsmith poursuit son analyse d'une société où les puissances ultra-conservatrices s'efforcent d'étouffer les forces vives du bonheur sous le poids de la morale. OL24422990W
Le meilleur ami de l'homme et autres nouvelles Le meilleur ami de l'homme et autres nouvelles Patricia Highsmith Composé de 20 nouvelles représentant 50 années de création highsmithienne (1938-1982). Portrait incisif de l'Amérique et témoignage du cheminement de l'auteure, ce livre illustre ses thèmes de prédil… OL28173347W
Black House, the Black House, the Patricia Highsmith An intense, macabre anthology focusing not only on murder, but also on more unusual crimes and misdemeanours that are beyond the reaches of prosecution. Told in Highsmith's typically impassive, lucid… OL59430W
The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith The first of the acclaimed Ripley novels, this clever psychological thriller introduces the reader to Tom Ripley and his extraordinary modus operandi. Accepting a commission from a wealthy businessma… OL59434W
The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder Patricia Highsmith Un animal peut-il se transformer en criminel ? Ou devenir un justicier impitoyable ? Impossible, direz-vous. Et pourtant, quand vous aurez lu ce livre, vous ne regarderez plus jamais les animaux - ni… OL59443W
L' inconnu du Nord-express L' inconnu du Nord-express Patricia Highsmith Deux hommes se rencontrent par hasard, dans un train. Chacun aimerait se débarrasser d'une personne de son entourage. Et si l'un tuait pour le compte de l'autre, il serait impossible d'établir le lie… OL59444W
Mermaids on the Golf Coure Mermaids on the Golf Coure Patricia Highsmith Mermaids on the Golf Course (1985) is a collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith, which contain themes of murder, violence, secrets and insanity. OL59445W
The Price of Salt The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith THE PRICE OF SALT is the famous lesbian love story by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author became notorious due to the story's latent lesbian content and happy en… OL59448W
A Suspension of Mercy (Random Acts of Kindness) A Suspension of Mercy (Random Acts of Kindness) Patricia Highsmith,Joan Schenkar Television scriptwriter Sidney Bartleby, who specialises in murder mysteries, daydreams about killing his wife, Alicia, as a way of drawing inspiration for his stories. However, when she unexpectedly… OL59454W
Those Who Walk Away Those Who Walk Away Patricia Highsmith 282 pages ; 21 cm OL59457W
The Tremor of Forgery The Tremor of Forgery Patricia Highsmith From crimereads.com: "American writer Howard Ingham arrives in a sweltering Tunisia in search of inspiration for a new movie script he has been commissioned to write. He falls in with an ex-pat cast … OL59459W
Nothing That Meets the Eye Nothing That Meets the Eye Patricia Highsmith Short Stories. This volume of stories, many of them published here for the first time, spans almost fifty years of Highsmith's career. Showing the evolution of her writing from her days as a struggli… OL59465W
People Who Knock on the Door People Who Knock on the Door Patricia Highsmith Dans la veine introspective du ##Journal d'Edith##, un roman cruel et quasi sadique qui n'est pas un récit criminel, mais sécrète un malaise inquiétant ... car "ceux qui frappent à la porte" font par… OL59469W
Ripley Under Water (Ripley #5) Ripley Under Water (Ripley #5) Patricia Highsmith 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 t… OL59490W
The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley #4) The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley #4) Patricia Highsmith Tom Ripley meets a young American runaway who has a dark secret that he is desperate to hide. Soon this unlikely pair is drawn into the seamy underworld of Berlin and a shocking kidnapping. In this m… OL59491W
The two faces of January The two faces of January Patricia Highsmith Two men meet in the picturesque backstreets of Athens. Chester MacFarlane is a conman with multiple false identities, near the end of his rope and on the run with his young wife Colette. Rydal Keener… OL59492W
Ripley Under Ground Ripley Under Ground Patricia Highsmith It's been six years since Ripley murdered Dickie Greenleaf and inherited his money. Now, in Ripley Under Ground (1970), he lives in a beautiful French villa, surrounded by a world-class art collectio… OL59495W
The Best Horror Stories The Best Horror Stories Geoffrey Household,Thomas Burke,Stanley Ellin,A. E. Coppard,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Bloch,Thomas Hardy,Joseph Conrad,Dorothy L. Sayers,Graham Greene,William Faulkner,Cornell Woolrich,John Keir Cross,Robert Silverberg,Ray Bradbury,David Fletcher,Edgar Allan Poe,Patricia Highsmith,Honoré de Balzac,Guy de Maupassant,John Collier,Daphne du Maurier,Roald Dahl,Flannery O'Connor,Cyril M. Kornbluth,Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam,Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/wo… OL7453685W
Next page