Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

First published 1950

Two strangers on a train hatch a twisted plan to commit murders for each other. As the unsuspecting architect Guy Haines gets dragged into the sadistic psychopath Bruno's twisted scheme, he finds himself trapped in a perilous world where anyone is capable of the unthinkable.

Genres: fiction, 20th-century, suspense, mystery, crime, psychological-thriller

Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, psychological-thriller, unreliable-narrator

Period: 1940's

288 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton & Company

Content warnings: murder, violence

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