{"id":71210,"date":"2025-02-16T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/?p=71210"},"modified":"2025-02-16T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:09:05","slug":"kindle-buffet-free-books-and-discounts-for-sunday-february-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/2025\/02\/16\/kindle-buffet-free-books-and-discounts-for-sunday-february-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle Buffet Free Books and Discounts for Sunday, February 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/span><\/h6>\n<div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09M79266Y?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In His Shadow<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09M79266Y?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/511pizzjXoL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Frankland, Maria<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Psychological Thriller<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The promise of happiness Hugh is offering seems too good to be true. That\u2019s because it is\u2026<br \/>\nAs I stand outside the registry office with my husband-to-be, Hugh, I can tell something isn\u2019t right. He won\u2019t speak to me, he won\u2019t even look at me and it\u2019s almost making me have second thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Almost.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the feeling in my gut, I\u2019m sure I\u2019m doing the right thing. After all I\u2019ve been through in the last year \u2013 the death of my parents, and my partner of ten years walking out, I deserve this chance of a new start. I can\u2019t return to my lonely life \u2013 I don\u2019t want to be alone again.<\/p>\n<p>So I go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only our wedding night and already, I sense even more that I might have made a mistake. Hugh\u2019s disappeared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BZZG2ZJ7?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Affogato (BrewBiz Book 1)<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BZZG2ZJ7?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51TLbe9A-bL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Lindsey, E.M.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Bisexual Romance<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite finding success in his career, the BrewBiz Deaf Caf\u00e9 owner&#8217;s love life is another story. Because Caleb&#8217;s longest relationship just came to a screeching halt when his ex cheated.<\/p>\n<p>Then dumped him.<br \/>\nPublicly.<br \/>\nAnd the video of it went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Resigned to his fate of being famous only because the world saw his public humiliation, Caleb turns sour and bitter. It&#8217;s easy to hide his feelings after that, and it&#8217;s even easier to ignore what his heart really wants: the new hire who&#8217;s so anxious, he jumps at his own shadow.<\/p>\n<p>It also doesn\u2019t help that Bodhi is too young, too good looking, and too sweet for a man like Caleb to ever deserve him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0973RBS73?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Practically Perfect (Good Girls Don\u2019t Come Last)<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0973RBS73?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51cI2sMSDiL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Youngblood, Jennifer<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Small Town Romantic Comedy<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Paradise isn\u2019t quite what she thought. But is her unexpected attraction to an unruly, hunky cowboy really the best thing for this divorc\u00e9e?<\/p>\n<p>Penelope Primrose has worked tirelessly to create her picket-fence bliss. After dreaming of a beautiful home and an idyllic small-town lifestyle, the would-be Southern belle perfected impeccable grooming and manners to land her childhood sweetheart. But her visions of a rapid ascent up the social ladder shatter when she finds her ideal husband with another woman\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Thrown into a divorce-driven spin and desperate to reinvent herself, the plucky Alabamian is totally confused by the chemistry she feels with the motorcycle-riding, guitar-playing, cowboy next door.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B095L55GR4?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cody Bay Inn: Starting Over In Nantucket (Nantucket Romance Book 1)<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B095L55GR4?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51W5u473iIS._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Rafferty, Amy<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Later in Life Romance<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed\">\n<p>There&#8217;s no better place to heal from a wounded heart than Cody Bay\u2026<br \/>\nOr so she thought.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Bay is where lost souls come to heal and find their way again \u2013 that&#8217;s what her grandma used to say\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And Cody Moore has seen Cody Bay&#8217;s magical healing powers proven time and again.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why when the man who tore her life apart appears at her Inn&#8217;s doorstep, asking for her help, she knows she can&#8217;t turn him away.<\/p>\n<p>Every one of her summer guests is meant to be here. Every one of them has wounds to heal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07BN76XKR?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two Man Station (Emergency Services Book 1)<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07BN76XKR?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51AJnwQXHuL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Henry, Lisa<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Contemporary Romance<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gio Valeri is a big-city police officer who\u2019s been transferred to the small outback town of Richmond with his professional reputation in tatters. His transfer is a punishment, and Gio just wants to keep his head down and survive the next two years. No more mistakes. No more complications.<\/p>\n<p>Except Gio isn\u2019t counting on Jason Quinn.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Quinn, officer in charge of Richmond Station, is a single dad struggling with balancing the demands of shift work with the challenges of raising his son. The last thing he needs is a new senior constable with a history of destroying other people\u2019s careers. But, like it or not, Jason has to work with Gio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08DN3MQQ5?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thirty, Flirty, &amp; Dumb<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08DN3MQQ5?tag=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51B2pzHQb8L._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Shivener, T.M.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Romantic Comedy<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed\">\n<p>Vivian recently turned thirty. Her boyfriend of the last ten years left her for another woman, a much younger woman. She gave him the best years of her life and now she wants them back. The dating scene is different now than it was ten years ago, and she resorts to online dating apps. \u2028One night she asks a stranger at the bar to walk her home. She sees him there most weekends and he lives just across the hall from her. He certainly seems harmless compared to her most recent date.<\/p>\n<p>Hutch finds himself alone and drunk most nights. He might have a drinking problem, but there isn\u2019t anyone to stop him. He can\u2019t seem to get over the love of his life, even though she sure is over him. The bar down the street is where he spends all of his free time.\u2028He notices her, she comes in almost every Saturday night, but never with the same guy. She could do better. One night she asks him to walk her home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004YENIYS?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Don\u2019t Say a Word<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004YENIYS?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41P5Bt0MGoL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Klavan, Andrew<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Regularly $17.99, Today $2.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Conspiracy Thrillers <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Two twisted criminals upend the life of a New York City psychiatrist when they kidnap his five-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re watching.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve wiretapped the apartment.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve got their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>They told them they\u2019d hurt her if they spoke about it.<\/p>\n<p>They told them, \u201cDon\u2019t say a word . . . \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or else . . .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07GTM732B?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alaskan Ambush (Love Inspired Suspense)<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07GTM732B?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515D+5TfuhL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Varland, Sarah<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Regularly $8.99, Today $1.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Christian Mystery &amp; Suspense<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Surviving the Alaskan wilderness in the dead of winter takes grit and skill. When you add armed murderers following your every move, it takes a miracle. And that\u2019s exactly what Anchorage police officer Micah Reed is praying for.<\/p>\n<p>After his partner is killed in an ambush, Micah is on the run when he stumbles across his assailants\u2019 other target\u2014backcountry tracker Kate Dawson. His best friend\u2019s sister is just the person to help him outrun the criminals . . . and solve his case. But with their pursuers closing in, can they rely on each other\u2019s strength to survive this hazardous chase?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09DVVBBF2?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09DVVBBF2?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51vlql-QAgL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Trafford, L. J.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Regularly $17.99, Today $2.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong> Ancient Roman History<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fascinating and often-funny look into Romans\u2019 private (or not-so-private) lives, exploring the truth behind the empire\u2019s salacious reputation.<\/p>\n<p>From emperors to empresses, poets to prostitutes, slaves to plebs, ancient Rome was a wealth of different experiences and expectations\u2014nowhere more so than around the subject of sex and sexuality. The image of ancient Rome that has come down to us is one of sexual excess: emperors gripped by perversion partaking in pleasure with whomever and whatever they fancied during weeklong orgies.<\/p>\n<p>But how true are these tales of depravity? Was it really a sexual free-for-all? What were the laws surrounding sexual engagement? How did these vary according to gender and class?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00LKRBFZG?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00LKRBFZG?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/4110dVAJijL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Ketchum, Richard M.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Regularly $17.99, Today $2.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>U.S. Revolution &amp; Founding History<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The author of The Winter Soldiers recounts the early developments of the American Revolution and an important battle in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Boston, 1775: A town occupied by General Thomas Gage\u2019s redcoats and groaning with Tory refugees from the Massachusetts countryside. Besieged for two months by a rabble in arms, the British decided to break out of town. American spies discovered their plans, and on the night of June 16, 1775, a thousand rebels marched out onto Charlestown peninsula and began digging a redoubt (not on Bunker Hill, which they had been ordered to fortify, but on Breeds Hill, well within cannon shot of the British batteries and ships). At daybreak, HMS Lively began firing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"appip-block-wrapper block-there\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-wrapper amazon-template--elements-default\">\n<div class=\"amazon-element-title\">\n<h4 class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003690ME6?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith<\/a> (affiliate link)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-lg-image\">\n<div class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003690ME6?tag=bookcycling-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"amazonwin\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QJEi8n4PL._SL500_.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"140\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amazon-element-Author\"><strong>Author: Schenkar, Joan<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Regularly $20.99, Today $3.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Women Author Literary Criticism<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of twentieth-century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her famed \u201chero-criminal,\u201d the talented Tom Ripley. Joan Schenkar maps out this richly bizarre life from her birth in Texas to Hitchcock\u2019s filming of her first novel, Strangers on a Train, to her long, strange self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics, a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and an erotic predator with dozens of women (and a few good men) on her love list. The Talented Miss Highsmith is the first literary biography with access to Highsmith\u2019s whole story: her closest friends, her oeuvre, her archives. 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