The Bluff cover art

The Bluff

A Thriller

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Bluff

By: Bonnie Traymore
Narrated by: Meghan Kelly
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £11.99

Buy Now for £11.99

About this listen

Wife. Widow. Murderer? What do you have to lose, Kate? That’s what my future husband Ryan asked as we stood on the bluff, gazing out at Lake Michigan. Turns out, the answer is everything.

After a whirlwind romance, I left Manhattan for the quiet promise of Crest Lake. I thought my biggest challenges would be finding a job and adjusting to small-town life. I was wrong. My marriage unraveled. And a year ago, Ryan died in a car accident still shrouded in suspicion. Now my once-idyllic lakefront home is in crisis. The bluff is crumbling. Property values are plummeting. Neighbors are at war over how to save their homes.

Then, on the night of a critical shoreline vote, my biggest rival turns up dead. And suddenly, all eyes are on me. I know what they’re thinking.

But I have secrets of my own—and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them buried. Because in Crest Lake, nothing stays hidden for long. And the truth might destroy me long before the bluff does.

Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, Sarah Pekkanen, and Lisa Jewell.

©2024 Bonnie Traymore (P)2026 Bonnie Traymore Crime Fiction Domestic Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

"Gripping and full of surprises, THE BLUFF is a clever psychological suspense with layered characters and an atmospheric setting. Traymore masterfully ratchets up the tension little-by-little until the surprising, explosive end."—Tracey Devlyn, USA Today bestselling author

“Traymore is a master of layered tension, and she left me guessing until the last page.”— Noelle W.Ihli, #1 bestselling author of Gray After Dark
All stars
Most relevant
narrator grated on my nerves a bit but I stuck with it. I really liked the ending 😁

twisty

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I’m sure there’s a good story there, but that narrators monotone voice is such a distraction. All people sound exactly the same and just couldn’t follow along.

The narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
the plot sounded interesting but I actually couldn't finish the book, which almost never happens, because the narrator sounded like bad AI or google translate... it was impossible to get into the story or even finish it because if this. I feel bad for the author who might have written a good book

couldn't finish because of narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Listener received this title free

Loved the narration of Meghan Kelly, who brings out the suspense, drama and characters.

Kate and her husband Ryan moved to Lake Michigan into a cliff-top house, even though is at risk due to coastal erosion. The council are deciding how to stop the cliff crumbling. With the death of Ryan in a car accident and the disappearance of the neighbour, and tensions rising due to more deaths, you will find yourself wanting to listen to the end.
This is a mystery with with many suspicious character and a great plot.

bluff

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator reads every sentence as though it is a question. It makes it difficult to follow the plot if the inflection and intonation make the story seem simultaneously confusing and monotonous. Got as far as Chapter 5 and gave up on this one, so it was difficult to rate the story itself.

Narrator made it impossible to finish the book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.