Succession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive, technological suspense about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families.

The old-money Wieland family has it all—wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed.

Clara and her brother, Teddy, grew up on a small island in Maine in the shadow of their parents’ tragic deaths, haunted by rumors and paparazzi. Fourteen years later, they’ve mostly put their turbulent past to rest. Teddy has married Clara’s best friend, Jess, and the three of them have moved back home to take over the sprawling, remote family mansion known as Vantage Point.

Then Teddy decides to run for the Senate—an unnerving prospect made much worse when intimate videos of Clara are leaked online. The most frightening part is that she doesn’t remember filming any of them. Are the videos real? Or are they deepfakes? Is someone trying to take down the Wielands once and for all?

Everyone thinks Clara is losing her grasp on reality. But she knows the truth: the videos are only the beginning. Years ago, the curse destroyed her parents. Now, it’s coming for her.

Sara Sligar, the critically acclaimed author of Take Me Apart, returns with a shocking family drama full of suspense. Brimming with palpable tension, Vantage Point carefully unravels a twisted web of family secrets and political ambition that raises questions about the nature of “truth” in our digital age.

Book Type:

Psychological Thriller

Review: Vantage Point

Vantage Point is an atmospheric, tense, and utterly propulsive thriller that hooked me from the first page. Set against the eerie isolation of a remote Maine island, the story follows Clara Wieland as her family’s old-money legacy collides with modern-day scandal. When intimate videos of Clara are leaked—and she has no memory of filming them—the line between reality and paranoia begins to blur.

Sligar masterfully layers family secrets, political ambition, and the creeping dread of a centuries-old curse into a twisty, gripping narrative. Every chapter deepens the sense of unease, making it impossible to stop reading. If you’re looking for a suspenseful, thought-provoking thriller that feels both timeless and timely, Vantage Point delivers.