Publisher's Synopsis
Charles And Charlotte's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Charlotte is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Charles can No longer suppress his jealousy and tries to come through back out his wife by declaratory himself through a tall story of murder-one that soon comes true. In this complex portrayal of a dangerous psychosis rising in the most unconvincing of places, Highsmith examines the chilling world behind the idyllic window dressing of American residential area life.
