Ripley Under Water

The fifth and last Ripley novel finds Tom still living in his comfortable French home, Belle Ombre, with his wife Heloise. His peace is disturbed by a new American neighbour, who has heard of Tom's past and begins to take an unwelcome interest in it. Letters and phone calls start to unsettle the household.

Older but no less resourceful, Tom must decide how to deal with a persistent threat to the life he has built. The book closes the series with the same blend of wit, calm and menace, and asks again how far a charming man can escape the consequences of his earlier choices.