First published 2023
Gabe and Pippa Gerard live in their dream cottage on the cliffs of a quiet coastal town. The beautiful property comes with a dark reality: people regularly attempt suicide from the towering cliffs. Gabe has made it his mission to talk these desperate souls back from the edge, successfully saving multiple lives over recent months. Then one day he fails to intervene. A woman jumps to her death while Gabe watches. When Pippa learns that Gabe knew this victim personally, everything changes. She begins questioning whether the woman jumped voluntarily or was pushed. More disturbing still, she wonders if Gabe, the man she considers her soulmate, would lie to her about what really happened. As Pippa digs deeper into the truth, the perfect image of their marriage starts crumbling. Layer by layer, the couple's most buried secrets surface, forcing Pippa to confront the possibility that the biggest deceptions might be the ones she has told herself.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, secrets, trust-issues
Setting: Coastal Town
327 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: suicidal-ideation, suicide