Lesley Kara
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Lesley Kara

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Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She lives on the North Essex coast. She is the author of two published novels: The Rumour, a Sunday Times Top 10 and Kindle No. 1 bestseller, and the critically acclaimed Who Did You Tell?. Her third novel, The Dare, is coming soon.

Books by Lesley Kara
The Dare
Lesley Kara

Every town has its secrets. Lesley Kara knows them all.THE EAGERLY AWAITED NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE RUMOUR

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Who Did You Tell?
Lesley Kara

Someone knows Astrid's darkest secret. And they're going to have fun with it . . .Prepare to feel paranoid with this addictive new stand alone psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rumour.

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The Rumour
Lesley Kara

This fresh, exciting, twisty debut psychological thriller explores with terrifying credibility how rumours can wreck lives . . .

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My inspirations for writing The Rumour

I started writing this novel in August 2017, but the original idea came to me a few years before when someone I was working with passed on a rumour to me.