Highsmith’s master class in writing suspense short stories and novels. The author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train, Highsmith shares her working methods and pinpoints the elements that make for successful suspense and thriller writing. Highsmith is also known for gorgeous and provocative lesbian love story, Carol, which she published as The Price of Salt under a pseudonym in 1952 and which was made recently into a critically acclaimed movie as Carol.

London: Poplar Press, 1983. 145 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 x 2. First UK edition. Hardback. Age toning to jacket with minor marks on back, both dust jacket and book in very good condition.