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 There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love. But will Ellen’s put her whole family in danger?

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House – now a major ITV series – comes a nail-biting story about a mother’s obsession with revenge.

‘I didn’t read The Heights, I inhaled it’ LISA JEWELL

Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, she’s no different from any other mother who wants the best for her kids. But when her teenage son Lucas brings a new friend home, cracks start to appear in Ellen’s perfect family life.
Kieran Watts isn’t like Lucas. He’s rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her son falls deeper under his influence.
Then Ellen’s whole world implodes and she embarks on an obsessive need to get revenge.
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There is nothing you won’t do for your children – even murder . . .

'Compelling, unexpected and beautifully written' JANE FALLON

‘Tense, provocative and devastatingly powerful’ TM LOGAN

'There’s nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly' JANE CORRY

'The Heights has everything you could possibly wish for – tragedy, obsession, revenge and, yes, love. Another finely-crafted masterpiece from Louise Candlish' BA PARIS
©2021 Louise Candlish (P)2021 Simon & Schuster UK Crime Fiction Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Fiction Thriller

Critic reviews

'It twists and it turns and it twists again. The Heights by Louise Candlish is the very definition of a “just one more chapter” novel. I devoured it. And it’s full of such great writing about the ferocity of maternal love'
(Hannah Beckerman, author of If Only I Could Tell You)
‘Impossible to resist, impossible to predict, impossible to put down… this is an author at the top of her game’
(Erin Kelly, author of Watch Her Fall)
'There’s nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly' (Jane Corry, author of The Lies We Tell)
'No one creates middle-class characters we love to hate quite like Louise Candlish. I’d expected her to do this, and to provide a great sense of place, and twists that would have been rifling through the book to see how they’d been done. What I wasn’t expecting was that this thriller of obsessive revenge and intense parental grief would tug at my heartstrings. Smart, addictive, twisting, surprising. Highly recommended' (Sarah Vaughan, author of Little Disasters)
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I took awhile to get into the story, then couldn't put the book down. Narrators were excellent.

A book with a difference

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Started really well, actors performances were great. I just found it dragged on a bit and didn’t keep my attention enough to enjoy it. I really wanted to like it but it was just ok.

just ok, bit disappointing really

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Good narration and storyline. Great insight into grief and the two sides of a coin. I found myself switching between how I felt about the two parents. An unexpected ending. As mums we all know a Kiran.

Great listen and unusual indight.

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I found it really hard to like any of the characters in the book so although I wanted to keep listening to this audiobook because it is a really good plot for a book, I didn't really care about any of the characters in the story.

Good but not great

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This has been the best audio books ever. I’ve not been able to put it down. It’s made me cry in places, feel empathy in others. Beautifully written and narrated. 6/5 stars. I never thought our house would top anything written by Louise Candlish but I’m happy to be proven wrong

Stunning

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