A review by jimmypat
Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith

3.0

I was not expecting that I would describe the second Tom Ripley novel as "delightful", but it is. This book has an almost comic flair as Tom murders (again!) and then his house of cards comes falling down on him. I was really enjoying the book and wondering how Highsmith was going to possibly get Tom out of this mess, but in the last fourth the book loses steam and ends abruptly. I was unconvinced by the resolution and slightly confused. This won't stop me from proceeding to the next book, but my expectations have been tempered somewhat.