Mr. Ripley Underground

Six years have passed since Tom Ripley arrived in Europe and, having committed the murder of Dickie Greenleaf, inherited his money, along with the habits of wealthy people who do not have to think much about their daily bread. Tom is happily married to a millionaire's daughter and lives in a luxurious French villa near Orly. Like Dickie, Mr. Ripley, a newly converted aesthetic and hedonist, dedicates his leisure time to painting; he is surrounded by magnificent works of art, and immortal music pleases his ears. His life seems serene until a phone call from London disrupts its peaceful flow. A fraud involving the forgery and sale of paintings that Ripley got involved in a few years ago threatens to come to light. And Ripley heads to London, not caring at all about the price he will have to pay to keep the matter from becoming public...
"Mr. Ripley Underground" – is the second book in the series about Mr. Ripley, the most popular character of Patricia Highsmith, who lives in a strange world where the dead rise from their graves, where play and reality are indistinguishable, and where a forgery sometimes appears more valuable than the original. Like other books in the "Ripliad", the book was a huge success with readers, was translated into many languages, and was adapted into a film in 2005 starring Barry Pepper (in Russia, the film was released under the title "The Return of Mr. Ripley").