A DogÂ’s Ransom : A Virago Modern Classic

Highsmith, Patricia

By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train’Highsmith is a giant of the genre. The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense’ Mark Billingham’Dear Sir, I suppose you are pretty pleased with yourself? Superior to everyone, you think. A fancy apartment and a snob dog.

You are a disgusting little machine, nothing else. Your days are numbered.’Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, has received a number of anonymous poison pen letters. He has no idea who could bear him such a grudge.

Returning home one night, he finds a ransom note for his wife’s beloved French poodle: ’I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . .

. I gather the dog is important to you? We’ll see!’ The criminal has hit the Manhattan couple where it hurts most. And so, with this bizarre event, their nightmare begins.

A Dog’s Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.

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ean: 9780349004891