Six years have passed since Tom Ripley arrived in Europe and, having committed the murder of Dickie Greenfield, inherited his money, and with it the habits of rich people who do not have to think much about their daily bread. Tom is happily married to the daughter of a millionaire and lives in a luxurious French villa near Orly. Like Dickie, Mr. Ripley, a converted esthete and hedonist, devotes his leisure time to painting; he is surrounded by beautiful works of art, immortal music delights the ear. His life seems serene until a phone call from London disrupts its peaceful course. A scam related to the counterfeiting and sale of paintings, which Ripley got involved in several years ago, threatens to come to light. And Ripley goes to London, not caring at all about the price that will have to be paid for keeping the case from getting publicity... "Mr. Ripley Underground" is the second book in the series about Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith's most popular character, who lives in a strange world, where the dead rise from their graves, where game and reality are indistinguishable, and a fake is sometimes more valuable than the original. Like other books of the “Ripliad”, the book was a huge success among readers, was translated into many languages, and based on it in 2005, a film was made with Barry Pepper in the title role (the film was released in Russian under the title “The Return of Mr. Ripley” ).