Patricia Highsmith A Suspension Of Mercy

Sydney Bartleby enjoys thinking about crime, sometimes a bit too much. He even imagines how he might kill his wife and dispose of her body—purely for the sake of crafting a compelling novel. But when Alicia suddenly vanishes without a trace, his macabre thoughts become dangerously real. The police suspect him, and Sydney’s attempts to cover up his innocent role only make him look more guilty. As paranoia and suspicion grow, Sydney finds himself trapped in a situation eerily similar to his own fiction.