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Ranked at the top of the list of "Time" weekly crime novel masters, a pioneering representative of 20th century crime novels, the first classic work of Patricia Highsmith, the author of "Carol" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". It won the American Edgar Allan Poe Award, the French Detective Literature Award, the British Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger Award, and was adapted by Hitchcock. It is one of the American Film Institute's top 100 thrillers in the past century. The book begins with an encounter on a train: Guy Haynes, a well-known architectural designer, is about to divorce his cheating wife. On his way back home, he meets the playboy Charles Bruno. Bruno was deeply attracted by Guy's talent and temperament, and he invited Guy to his private room for a drink. Bruno, who had been drunk for three rounds, hated his father and was well versed in the murder game, learned that Guy was deeply troubled by his wife, so he proposed a murder plan that he thought was perfect, that is, Bruno helped Guy get rid of his wife, and Guy needed to kill Bruno's father. Guy rejected this plan and made up his mind to stay away from Bruno. However, Bruno, who was unwilling to die, committed suicide without permission and then used various ways to force Guy to do it. The pain tortured Guy, and he finally killed Bruno's father and lived in guilt and fear ever since. Everything seemed to be returning to peace, but Bruno's father's private detective discovered clues. When the truth came to light, Guy and Bruno ushered in the judgment of fate.

Patricia Highsmith, the author of "Carol", is a masterpiece of the classic series and a pioneering representative of crime novels in the 20th century. Ranked first among the masters of crime novels in Time Magazine. A timeless silver screen classic, "Fleabag" and "Sherlock" actor Andrew Scott's version of Ripley is about to be released. This set contains all five books in the Ripley series. Ripley is a young man with an ordinary background and a life worth showing off. He is entrusted by a wealthy businessman to go to Italy to persuade his bohemian son Dicky to return to his hometown in the United States. But once Ripley arrived there, he was deeply fascinated by Dickie's luxurious life of spending money. He tried his best to become Dickie's close friend, but had to endure Dickie's moodiness. In the end, his desire swelled to the point of wanting to replace Dicky, but his careful mind and calm criminal methods caught people off guard. Just when he was intoxicated with the dream he had created by his own hands, an unexpected coincidence revealed his flaws, which attracted the attention of the police and was investigated by the police... In this masterpiece and its subsequent sequels, Ripley has always been wandering between light and darkness. In "Infernal Affairs", he experienced the test of "one thought of heaven and one thought of hell", carrying the past with impunity, and committing new crimes in the subsequent chain reaction. Ripley is one of the most classic characters in crime novels of the 20th century. His story and psychological journey not only created a new model in the field of genre novels, but his literary value also had a profound impact on subsequent novels, especially so-called "cult novels".