The Heights: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Our House comes a nail-biting story about a mother's obsession with revenge

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There is nothing as powerful as a mothers love. But will Ellens put her whole family in danger

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passengerand Our House now a major ITV series comes a nail-biting story about a mothers obsession with revenge.

I didnt read The Heights, I inhaled it LISA JEWELL

Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, shes 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 Ellens perfect family life.
Kieran Watts isnt like Lucas. Hes rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her son falls deeper under his influence.
Then Ellens whole world implodes and she embarks on an obsessive need to get revenge.

There is nothing you wont do for your children even murder . . .

'Compelling, unexpected and beautifully written' JANE FALLON

Tense, provocative and devastatingly powerful TM LOGAN

'Theres 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

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'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 its 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
'Theres 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. Id 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 theyd been done. What I wasnt 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

Author Bio

Louise Candlish is the internationally bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Other Passenger, The Heights, and Our House, which won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. It is now a major four-part TV drama starring Martin Compston, Tuppence Middleton, and Rupert Penry-Jones, available to stream on CBC Gem. Louise lives in London with her husband and daughter. Connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish, Facebook @LouiseCandlishAuthor, and Instagram @LouiseCandlish.