A Suspension of Mercy: A Virago Modern Classic - Virago Modern Classics (Paperback)

Bears Highsmith's unique, unsurpassed mixture of unsettling psychological insights, moods of tension and malice, and an ending of brilliant ambiguity - The Times

Highsmith is a giant of the genre. The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense - Mark Billingham

Highsmith was every bit as deviant and quirky as her mischievous heroes, and didn't seem to mind if everyone knew it - J. G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph

A Suspension of Mercy, a masterpiece of noir fantasy. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life. For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith - Time

Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night - New Yorker

It's a curious and absorbing novel, almost unique in its fantastic and ironic tone - Anthony Boucher, New York Times

A literary hall of mirrors in which reality and fiction are constantly reflected and, ultimately, confused - Andrew Wilson