What is the author's style in Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith?

Patricia Highsmith tells her novel "Strangers on a Train" in the omniscient third-person narration. This is done to convey a solid story line despite having two diverse main characters and a rapidly evolving plot. Bruno and Guy speak in vastly different ways, and approach the world in vastly different ways. This affects their thoughts and their methods of speech, and rather than jumping back and forth between two alternating patterns of speech, the reader is blessed with a continual narrative voice that draws together both characters for the benefit of the reader.