The Drowning People

James Farrell murdered Sarah, his wife of thirty years, yesterday. He killed her at Seton Castle, her ancestral home – which should have passed to her cousin, half American, bewitching, mysterious Ella. To explain the murder, after such a secureand stable life together, James must go back four decades, when he fell in love with Ella. With the arrogance of youth, how could they realise that their relationship would become as destructive as hate? Played out against the backdrop of the highest echelons of London society, of the arched bridges and domes of Prague, and Seton Castle itself, this is a beautiful, lyrical and painful novel about first love.