With Nortons publication of The Black House, Patricia Highsmiths entire body of work is now back in print. First published in 1981, this volume is one of Highsmiths most nuanced and psychologically suspenseful works. The stories in and The Black House mine classic Highsmith terrain as they sketch the lives of suburban dwellers that appear quite normal at first but unravel to reveal their proximity to the macabre. This collection is a perfect example of Highsmiths view of human nature and a fitting capstone to the reintroduction of one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers. Author Biography: Patricia Highsmith is the author of such classics as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. She died in 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland.