The very pages of The Talented Mr. Ripley feel soaked in summer sun and warmed by the sultry heat of the Italian seaside setting. Patricia Highsmith, Queen of the literary crime novel, seduces her readers here with an absorbing tale of murder, secrets, and betrayal. The titular and enigmatic Tom Ripley has an unmatched chameleon-like ability to take on any persona. Can anyone ever really know the true Tom, even Tom himself? When he sets his gaze on the carefree, affluent life of Dickie Greenleaf and love interest, Marge Sherwood, Tom decides he will stop at nothing to make this his life too, no matter the cost.