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A husband who lets his wife take lovers — and may be killing them. Deep Water (1957) — one of Patricia Highsmith’s standalone masterpieces — introduces Victor Van Allen: wealthy publisher, devoted father, and husband to the flamboyantly unfaithful Melinda. When her lovers start dying, the whispers begin: is Vic a murderer, or just a man who has stopped caring what people think? The question will haunt you.
Highsmith’s ambiguity is the engine: Vic may be innocent, may be guilty — and his strange, passive menace is more frightening than any confession. The snail-farming, the suburban parties, the slow poison of a dead marriage: this is psychological suspense at its most refined and most disturbing — Highsmith’s quietest nightmare.
A standalone — no series needed. For Highsmith fans and thriller readers: the quietest, creepiest novel she ever wrote — and one of her very best: subtle, sinister, unforgettable.
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield: Twentieth President of the United States by John Clark Ridpath is a classic contemporary biography of one of America’s most beloved — and most tragically short-lived — presidents.
James Abram Garfield (1831–1881) rose from a log cabin in Ohio to the White House: a Civil War major general, a nine-term congressman, and a scholar-orator who won the presidency in 1880. Just months into his term, he was shot by an assassin, Charles Guiteau, and died after weeks of suffering — a national tragedy that stunned the country.
Written in 1881, in the immediate shadow of that loss, Ridpath’s account draws on the scenes and incidents of Garfield’s boyhood, his military career, his statesmanship, and the story of his death. As a work by a leading historian of the day, it offers readers the nineteenth century’s own portrait of its fallen president.
A valuable window into the Gilded Age and the American presidency, this is essential reading for history lovers, students, and anyone drawn to the great figures of the Civil War era.
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