THE SOULMATE, by Sally Hepworth (Macmillan, $37.99)
Pippa and Gabe and their two little girls live on a beautiful clifftop near Melbourne. Pippa is the sensible one, the lawyer and breadwinner, while Gabe is handsome, volatile and empathetic, the one all the local mothers adore and wonder how Pippa got to snag.
The family have had a few suicide jumpers at the cliff in front of their house, all of whom Gabe has talked down, so when a woman walks close to the edge one dinner time, it’s natural he should go and do his thing. But