Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She completed an English degree and PGCE at Greenwich University, having previously worked as a nurse and a secretary, and then became a lecturer and manager in Further Education. She lives on the North Essex coast.The Rumour is Kara's first novel.
At CrimeReads she tagged "seven examples of novels that have rumors and false information at their heart," including:
The Passenger, by Lisa LutzRead about the other entries on the list.
But not telling the whole truth is how some people survive. In The Passenger, by Lisa Lutz, a woman’s husband dies under mysterious circumstances and even though she didn’t kill him, she runs away and changes her identity. It soon becomes clear that this isn’t the first time she’s had to reinvent herself and it won’t be the last. This is a fast-paced thriller about someone with a past they need to escape.
The Passenger is among Lou Berney's top ten stories about characters on the run,
--Marshal Zeringue
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