Deep Water: The compulsive classic thriller from the author of THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY - Couverture souple

Highsmith, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349010323 ISBN 13 : 9780349010328

Editeur : Virago, 2018

Synopsis

To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax.

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'

Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in flaunting her many affairs to her husband. When one of her lovers is murdered, Vic hints to her latest conquest that he was responsible. As rumours spread about Vic's vicious streak, fiction and reality start to converge. It's only a matter of time before Vic really does have blood on his hands.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'

Vic and Melinda Van Allen seem to be the perfect couple, but appearances are deceptive. There is no love left in their marriage, only jealousy, and Melinda takes pleasure in flaunting her affairs. When one of her lovers is murdered, Vic hints that he was responsible. As fiction and reality start to converge, it's only a matter of time before Vic really does have blood on his hands.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349010323
• ISBN 13: 9780349010328
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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