Those Who Walk Away

Those Who Walk Away

First edition
Author	Patricia Highsmith
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Set in	Italy
Published	Doubleday & Co.
Publication date	1967
Media type	Print

Those Who Walk Away (1967) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was the twelfth of her 22 novels.

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.

It has been called Highsmith's "masterpiece".