Lesley Kara is a Sunday Times Top Ten and Amazon #1 bestselling author of psychological thrillers.
She is the author of The Rumour, Who Did You Tell, The Dare and The Apartment Upstairs.
The Rumour was the highest selling print crime fiction debut of 2019.
It has been optioned for TV by Cuba Pictures and sold in over 18 territories.
Her next book, The Other Tenant, will be published in April 2024.
The Other Tenant
Coming 25 April 2024
Marlow has always lived in unusual places. But when she accepts a position as a live-in property guardian, she finds herself moving somewhere she swore she’d never return to.
Right from the start, she knows it’s a terrible mistake. The elegant Victorian school is due to be turned into luxury apartments, but its eerie, empty corridors are full of Marlow’s worst memories.
And now something sinister is happening on the site. One of the other tenants has disappeared without warning, and Marlow suspects that the nine other guardians know far more than they’re letting on. She’s determined to find out what happened to the missing woman - but which of these strangers can she trust?
And can she uncover the truth before her own past catches up with her?
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 organizing 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 between them emerges. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging . . .
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About Lesley
Lesley Kara was born and grew up in Chelmsford, Essex.
On moving to London, she worked as a secretary before completing an English degree and PGCE at Greenwich University.
She then became a lecturer and manager in Further Education.
She is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course and now lives in Kent where she writes full-time.