Those Who Walk Away

First US edition (publ. Doubleday)

Those Who Walk Away (1967) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith.^[1]

Synopsis

When Ray Garrett's new wife kills herself on their honeymoon, he persuades the initially suspicious Rome police that he's innocent of any wrongdoing over the death. However, his father-in-law, the brutish Ed Coleman, is convinced Ray killed her and shoots Ray, leaving him for dead. He survives and, desperate to prove himself, follows Coleman to Venice, where a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with Coleman still seeking justice and Garrett a clear conscience.

Reviews

Illuminating - and always compelling, Highsmith keeps moving, darting in and out of our field of vision, making afterimages that will tremble - but stay - in our minds. - New York Times

References

Works by Patricia Highsmith

Books	Strangers on a Train (1950) The Price of Salt (as Claire Morgan) (1952) The Blunderer (1954) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) Deep Water (1957) A Game for the Living (1958) This Sweet Sickness (1960) The Cry of the Owl (1962) The Two Faces of January (1964) The Glass Cell (1964) A Suspension of Mercy (1965) Those Who Walk Away (1967) The Tremor of Forgery (1969) Ripley Under Ground (1970) A Dog's Ransom (1972) Ripley's Game (1974) Edith's Diary (1977) The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) People Who Knock on the Door (1983) Found in the Street (1987) Ripley Under Water (1991) Small g: a Summer Idyll (1995)

Adaptations	Strangers on a Train (1951) Purple Noon (1960) Enough Rope (1963) The American Friend (1977) This Sweet Sickness (1977) The Cry of the Owl (1987) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Ripley's Game (2002) Ripley Under Ground (2005) The Cry of the Owl (2009) The Two Faces of January (2014) Carol (2015)