Ripley Under Water: A Virago Modern Classic Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Patricia Highsmith (Author), Adam Sims (Narrator), Hachette Audio UK (Publisher)

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Tom Ripley is quietly living in luxury at his chateau at Villeperce. He has a past, however, that would not bear too much close scrutiny. He is certain that he has covered his tracks where murder and forgery are concerned.

But when a certain American couple move in next door, he soon realises his every move is being shadowed. Ripley fears his secrets may be discovered, and he will stop at nothing to prevent that from happening.

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9 hours and 38 minutes
Author

Patricia Highsmith
Narrator

Adam Sims
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15 December 2016
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English
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Hachette Audio UK
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B01LW0EA6O
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	9 hours and 38 minutes
Author	Patricia Highsmith
Narrator	Adam Sims
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	15 December 2016
Publisher	Hachette Audio UK
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01LW0EA6O
Best Sellers Rank	91,676 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 3,297 in Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 15,446 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Toby P Philpott

The Past Comes Back To Trouble Tom

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2021

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This is the final book in the Ripley series. The past comes back to trouble Tom in the form of a sadistic American David Pritchard. Pritchard is clearly obsessed with Tom and starts raking about in his past. The book takes Tom to Morocco with the lovely Heloise and to meet his friends Ed and Jeff in London. The Tuft/Murchison/Derwatt saga is a central part of the novel. The question is, will Tom's shady dealings and past finally catch up with him? The book kept me gripped to the end.

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John

a disappointing offering

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2021

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This was really poor. I've read some of the other Ripley books and enjoyed the build-up of tension in the first in the series. This effort meanders all over the place for no particular reason to reach a ridiculous ending. Some of the writing is also not so good - reminded me a little of Jeffrey Archer in the middle, with pointless details that didn't carry the plot forward. What a shame! I think Highsmith is better than this. This one should not have been published, as far as I'm concerned.

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UK Scribe

Not classic Highsmith or Ripley

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2016

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You need to have read Ripley Under Ground to have any chance of making sense of this book and the whole Ripley sequence probably needs to be read in chronological order. I have to say, though, that the quality suffers as the sequence progresses and this last book is the weakest. Ripley is stalked by an American couple who know that he is a murderer but how they know and why they are stalking him remains a bit of a mystery. I was waiting for a twist in the plot at the end and it never arrived. Actually, the number of people who know that Ripley is a murderer must be in double figures by now. Ripley himself displays his usual sociopathic tendancies but without some of the charm of the earlier books.

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WORLDGIRL

Not her best effort

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2013

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I'm a big fan of Patricia Highsmith, but this book was weak and dragged and didn't make a lot of sense. The cops are too dumb not to catch Ripley, who leaves a trail of clues a kindergartner could follow. There was also something so very strange about the dialogue. The original Ripley book was published years and years before this, and although Ripley is in the 80s or 90s now, he appears not to have aged, yet his dialogue and behavior is like it was in the 60s. Nobody talks anymore the way he talks, so it's jarring and unreal. That said, the first book was terrific, as was Strangers on a Train, and my favorite, This Sweet Sickness, a story of obsession, which I highly recommend.

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Alison Hart

Not exactly a masterpiece!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2012

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I definately think these five books should be read in order; certainly this one can only really make sense if you've read "Ripley Under Ground". I think these two would make for a good film, especially if it were set in France. I found i lost the image of Matt Damon as Tom as the books progressed!The ending of this book is pretty far-fetched and rather inconclusive though. Highsmith's style of writing is odd, almost childlike at times and small details of description seem included for no purpose - like what Heloise was wearing!
This is not great literature or even a clever who-done-it, but as the final book in the set it's worth a try!

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