A broker whose hobby is snail breeding. A boy is fascinated by a turtle that his mother brought home. A woman visiting a psychoanalyst to solve family problems. A young governess who wants to express her love and gratitude to the family who hired her. Here are some seemingly ordinary people who are told absolutely extraordinary stories. In her stories, the master of psychological suspense, Patricia Highsmith, skillfully reveals the secrets that lie behind the façade of sanity and civilization, in the darkest recesses of the human mind.

The work of the American writer Patricia Highsmith, the author of about 20 novels and 6 collections of stories, winner of many prestigious awards awarded in the genre of action-packed literature, is well known not only to readers, but also to movie lovers. Among the most famous filmed novels is “Strangers on a Train,” directed by A. Hitchcock.