This Sweet Sickness

by Patricia Highsmith

First published 1960

David Kelsey leads a double life, spending weekends wooing the woman who rejected him years ago. But his obsession spirals into darkness as he spins a web of lies and crime to win Annabelle back. In this psychological thriller, a brilliant mind is pushed to the brink, risking everything in a desperate pursuit of a lost love.

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

Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: dark-romance, obsession, psychological-thriller, unreliable-narrator

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

Content warnings: mental-illness

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