<p><i>"You''re always good on ideas, Tom..."</i><br><br>An American art collector is claiming that the expensive masterpiece he bought is a fake. He wants to meet with the artist - but Tom Ripley knows that artist no longer exits.<br><br>Ripley needs to hide his role in the fraud, and keep his colleague''s mouth shut. But not everyone''s nerves are as steady as his, especially when it comes to murder.<br><br>The second in Highsmith''s Ripley series, <i>Ripley Under Ground </i>is set six years after the events of <i>The Talented Mr Ripley</i>.<br><br>''Patricia Highsmith is unrivalled'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></p>