Books by Fiona Peters

There are few figures as captivating as the antihero: the character we can't help but root for, even as we turn away in revulsion from many of the things they do. What is it that draws us to characters like Breaking Bad's Walter White, Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley, and Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander even as we decry the trail of destruction they leave in their wake?

Drawing on a range of secondary material, including many elusive reviews, interviews and articles from the under-explored 'Highsmith Archive', this title suggests that the usual generic distinctions - crime fiction, mystery, suspense - have been largely unhelpful in elucidating Patricia Highsmith's novels.