A Suspension of Mercy av Patricia Highsmith

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<p><b>BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY</i>, <i>CAROL</i> AND <i>STRANGERS ON A TRAIN</i></b><br><br><b>''Bears Highsmith''s unique, unsurpassed mixture of unsettling psychological insights''<i> THE TIMES </i></b><br><br><b>''The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense'' MARK BILLINGHAM <br><br></b><b>''Highsmith''s novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night'' <i>NEW YORKER </i></b><br><br>Sydney Bartleby has killed his wife. At least, he has thought about it, compulsively, repeatedly, plotting schemes, designing escapes, forging alibis. Of course he has; he''s a thriller writer. He even knows how to dispose of her body. But when Alicia takes a long, unannounced holiday, Sydney descends into the treacherous world of his own fantasy.<br><br>A masterpiece of noir fantasy in which Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday life.