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It is a cold afternoon in winter. An old man sits in a room high above the sea, watching the sun set. It is twenty-four hours since the death of his wife at Seton Castle, the home they had shared for more than forty years. And as it grows dark, he tries to make sense of a life only recently understood; and to explain how he, by no means a violent man, has come to kill in cold blood..."My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success... It was I who killed her."So begins The Drowning People, an extraordinary debut novel by a twenty-year-old Oxford student.When he first lays eyes on her sitting by the Thames, James Farrell, an aspiring violinist, falls instantly in love with Ella Harewood, a young and beautiful society girl engaged to a Cambridge don. Defying the strict social standards of upper-class England, the two carry on a passionate affair, believing that the burning power of their love will justify all their actions, guarantee them a life of happiness, and keep them on top of the world.But the heady rush of first love threatens to ruin thei

Who reads The Drowning People?

Author

Richard Mason

Publisher

Warner Vision Books

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780446599887

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller

Rating

3.59 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14