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3.5 🌟

Unbelievably this is my first Highsmith.
To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of it.
All the main characters seemed slightly unhinged.
Well, David was very unhinged.
He took obsession to a new level, but all of them came across as slightly off.
Made for an interesting read.
I enjoyed the writing, and the story, though at times felt we were just covering the same ground again.
Mostly though, it's opened up a nice back catalogue of books for me to explore, that will hopefully be as good as this one.

I have read a few of this authors works The Talented Mr Ripley being one of all time favourite books and films, so I can't come to this book without an unbiased view. That being said my biased view is more than true here, a truly masterful book and a lesson in writing mind blowing suspense and thrills, creepy and uncomfortable it will keep you reading way into the night rooting for very unlikely heroes. Absolute class act that modern writers clearly still draw on for inspiration but let this reprint be a reminder that highsmith is the Queen of sinister unsettling play with your mind slow burning thrillers