The Cliffs

'Entrancing ... filled with mystery' Reese Witherspoon, Reese's Book Club July Pick


Her life in crisis due to a dreadful mistake she wishes she could undo, Jane Flanagan flees to the seaside town in Maine where she grew up. When she returns to the mysterious gothic house on the cliffs that was her refuge during childhood, she meets the wealthy newcomer who is renovating the house beyond all recognition - and agrees to delve into the house's haunting secrets ...


'A dilapidated lavender mansion, perched high on a craggy bluff in Maine, turns out to be more than a home: It's the key to a century of hopes, misdeeds and family ghosts' New York Times


'Haunting ... a provocative ghost story that questions how we right our wrongs of the past' Time


'Weaving together the stories of women in Maine over centuries, this novel is about maternal loss and trauma, the idea of home, and most affecting, the stories that remain untold' Emma Straub, author of This Time Tomorrow


'Riveting. A haunted house mystery steeped in historical context' New York Times Book Review


'Compulsively readable ... funny, heartbreaking' Oprah Daily