For the first time in Russian - a classic novel by “the most murderous existentialist in detective fiction” (Boston Globe), the author of the filmed “Strangers on a Train” by Hitchcock and the series of books about Tom Ripley, which was repeatedly transferred to the silver screen. Victor van Allen is thirty-six years old. He lives in Little Wesley, Massachusetts, and his wife Melinda is cheating on him. For the time being, Vic tolerates her infidelities, but one day he decides to fight - and, for the sake of romantic mystery, he invents a story about the murder. And from an imaginary murder to the murder of a real one, Highsmith is one step away... The novel has a French film version (1981) - directed by Michel Deville, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert - and in 2022 a new film adaptation was released worldwide: directed by Adrian Lyne (“EI Weeks,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Indecent Proposal,” “Lolita,” “Unfaithful”), starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. “Whether you like detective stories or not, but Deep Waters is a must read (Sunday Times).