From Patricia Highsmith's series of novels featuring the murderous Tom Ripley comes this thriller about a terminally ill English aristocrat whose desperate need for money leads him to the malicious Ripley and an escalating spiral of violence and murder. Nearly 20 years after The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley, now married and living in an Italian villa, has become excessively wealthy from both his in-laws and the spoils of his criminal exploits. At a party, a minor social offense against Tom becomes a reason for the dangerous psychopath to seek revenge. When a friend asks for Ripley's help with a murder, Tom suggests enlisting the offending party, thereby killing two birds with one stone. With so many individuals involved, however, things soon go awry...