
Tom Ripley is one of the most interesting characters in world literature."
In the first Ripley novel, we are introduced to the suave confidence man whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in this and the four subsequent Ripley novels.
An art forgery scheme Tom Ripley set up a few years ago is threatening to unravel and he must go to London to put a stop to it in the second Ripley novel.
Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime, Tom still finds his appetite unsated and longs to get back in the game in the third Ripley novel.
Tom Ripley meets a young American runaway who has a dark secret that he is desperate to hide in the fourth Ripley novel.
An odd, vulgar American couple is lurking about and Tom must deploy all of his cruel talents to hide a deed from his past in the final Ripley novel.