Those Who Walk Away

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

'Highsmith is a damn fine writer' GUARDIAN

'No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying' VOGUE

'The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the style spare and superb' DAILY MAIL

The honeymoon is over; the bride dead by her own hand. Ray Garrett, the grieving husband, convinces the police in Rome of his innocence, but not his father-in-law, Ed Coleman, who shoots him at point-blank range and leaves him for dead. Ray survives and follows Coleman to Venice, where the two fall into an eerie game of cat-and-mouse - Coleman obsessed with vengeance and Ray determined to save his reputation, and himself.

Those Who Walk Away simmers with violence and unease. As they switch between the roles of hunter and hunted, this tense psychological novel races towards a thrilling climax.

“The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the syle spare and superb - Daily MailIlluminating - and always compelling - New York TimesHighsmith keeps moving, darting in and out of our field of vision, making afterimages that will tremble - but stay - in our minds - New YorkerNo one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying - Vogue”

The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the syle spare and superb - Daily Mail

Illuminating - and always compelling - New York Times

Highsmith keeps moving, darting in and out of our field of vision, making afterimages that will tremble - but stay - in our minds - New Yorker

No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying - Vogue

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

'The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the syle spare and superb' Daily Mail Ray Garrett has no idea why his wife killed herself - they seemed the perfect couple. The police in Rome believe he is innocent, but not her father, Ed Coleman, who shoots him and leaves him for dead. Ray follows Coleman to Venice where the the two men begin a bitter game of cat-and-mouse, each at once the hunter and the hunted. 'For me, the name "Patricia Highsmith" designates a sacred territory . . . In her masterpiece, Those Who Walk Away . . . Highsmith's portrayal [is] of the symbiotic relationship of two men inextricably linked by mutual hatred . . . Highsmith, more than any of her rivals, was responsible for elevating crime fiction to the level of art' Slavoj Zizek, London Review of Books

By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley , Carol and Strangers on a Train ' The setting is Venice, the characterisation brilliant, the style spare and superb' Daily Mail The honeymoon is over; the bride dead by her own hand. Ray Garrett, the grieving husband, convinces the police in Rome of his innocence, but not his father-in-law, Ed Coleman, who shoots him at point-blank range and leaves him for dead. Ray survives and follows Coleman to Venice, where the two fall into an eerie game of cat-and-mouse - Coleman obsessed with vengeance and Ray determined to save his reputation, and himself. Each is at once the hunter and the hunted in a tense duel that, as each manages to walk away, draws them nearer to death.

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