The Talented Mr. Ripley -  Patricia Highsmith

"In a way it was asking for trouble, Tom thought."

 

Ya think?

 

"The very chanciness of trying for all of Dickie's money, the peril of it, was irresistible to him. He was so bored after the dreary, eventless weeks in Venice,"

 

That's character consistence for you.

 

 

And then BOOM! More excitement than you bargained for