A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968. Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows Billy Casper, a young working-class boy troubled at home and at school, who finds and trains a...
When sociopath Tom Ripley’s shady accomplice, Reeves Minot, asks for his help in committing a murder, Ripley suggests he approach a local art dealer, Jonathan Trevanny, instead. Trevanny insulted Ripley at a party so Ripley sets in motion a chain...