Books by Lesley Kara
I have written five psychological thrillers: The Rumour (which was the highest selling print crime fiction debut of 2019, was a Sunday Times Top Ten and Kindle No. 1 bestseller, and has been sold in over 18 countries), Who Did You Tell? (also a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller), The Dare, The Apartment Upstairs, and my most recent book, The Other Tenant, which comes out in April 2024. My books are published by Transworld (Penguin Random House UK). My books have been reviewed in the National Press, including The Guardian and The Times.
978-0-5521-7550-0
The Rumour
When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there's no going back...
Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity in the small town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago. No photos of her exist since her release as a young woman. So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives among them? How dangerous can one rumour become? And how far will Joanna go to protect her loved ones from harm, when she realises what it is she's unleashed?
978-0-5521-7551-7
Who Did You Tell?
It's been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.
Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She's going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she's wronged.
But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be corrected.
Some mistakes, you have to pay for...
978-0-5521-7722-1
The Dare
Lizzie has no memory of the accident in which her best friend Alice died as a teenager. And it was an accident. Wasn't it?
Alice's friends and relatives suspect Lizzie was to blame, but Lizzie knows that can't be true. She would never have hurt Alice.
Twelve years on, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is finally beginning to feel like she can move on with her life.
But someone has other ideas...
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The Apartment Upstairs
Scarlett's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the apartment upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She's safe here. Isn't she?
Dee is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organising an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend ten years ago. So she's got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company's Facebook page.
When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt's funeral, an unexpected link emerges between them. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging...