In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is ...

Who doesn’t want to be someone else from time to time? That question is at the heart of author Patricia Highsmith’s most famous character, the aloof Tom Ripley, “a liar, a forger, and an impersonator” ...

I started the new Netflix series “Ripley” as a decided skeptic. The show’s source material, “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith, is one of my desert island books. The novel is a sui ...

The character of Tom Ripley, luxury connoisseur and con man extraordinaire, appeared in five Patricia Highsmith novels, beginning in 1955 with “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” The book is his origin story, ...

Lila Raicek’s debut thriller is going to be the read of the season.