A Dog's Ransom

'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.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Highsmith
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9780349004891
• ISBN: 978-0-349-00489-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Virago Press; Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery fiction