This sweet sickness

Patricia Highsmith

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David Kelsey is a man in denial – things haven’t worked out with his one true love, yet he remains convinced that they will one day be together. To that extent, he has set up home for the two of them, not far from where she currently lives – but their reunion takes a murderous turn, leaving David a desperate man on the run.

ISBN: 9780349019659 Category:

Description

It was jealousy that kept David from sleeping, drove him from a tousled bed out of the dark and silent boarding house to walk the streets…

David Kelsey has an unswerving conviction that life is going to work out for him – if he can just fix the ‘Situation’. His one true love, the brilliant, beautiful Annabelle, has married another man. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t still love David. Even though she’s pregnant with her husband’s baby, David is certain she will take him back. Under an alias, he is setting up the perfect home for the two of them in a town close by. And everything is just about going to plan, until things take a murderous turn… An addictively twisted study of obsession from the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley.

Introduced by Sarah Hilary

‘The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer’ THE TIMES


‘ I love Highsmith so much. What a revelation her writing is’ GILLIAN FLYNN


‘The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense’ MARK BILLINGHAM


‘To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability’ SUNDAY TIMES

Additional information

Weight 0.26 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.6 × 2.4 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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