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Lesley Kara

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Sunday Times Top Ten and Amazon #1 bestselling author of THE RUMOUR (coming soon to Channel 5 🤩) and other psychological thrillers. Co-presenter of the In Suspense podcast. Rep’d by Amanda Preston, LBA Books. TROUBLEMAKER coming soon. www.lesleykara.com

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Dec 4

It’s every writer’s dream to see one of their books come to the screen, so I couldn’t be more delighted to share this amazing news with you at last! 🤩🤩🤩 #TheRumour #booktoscreen 💙📚
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All Creatures and Rivals stars team up for new Channel 5 thriller The Rumour

The series explores how "small-town gossip can spiral out of control".

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Jul 22

👀 COVER REVEAL: my new book, TROUBLEMAKER, is out next January. 💙📚 It’s on the theme of the girl who cried wolf. How do you solve a murder when no one believes it took place? And now the killer has their sights set on YOU…

Available to pre-order now : bit.ly/4mbmWKj

Acid green cover of my new book Troublemaker. A blue butterfly on a thorny black branch.

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TM Logan @tmloganauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

A great turnout at Lowdham Book Festival - lovely to share the stage with fellow thriller authors @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social @lesleykara.bsky.social with expert chairing by Dr Tim Rideout🙏 Thanks to indy bookshop The Bookcase in Lowdham and everyone who joined us at Southwell Library!

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Tony Fisher @ponydish.bsky.social · Jun 20

My 2 minute book blog this week is a real summer holiday sizzler! @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social @lesleykara.bsky.social @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hope you enjoy it! 😀

Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · May 4

👀 A photographic teaser of my next novel. Awaiting copy edits now so proofs should be ready soon! Drop a thumbs-up in the comments if you like reading early proofs ⬇️ 💙📚

A collage of pics: library, runner in park, bathroom, cemetery, little boy, person with knife, paracetamol, police officer, young man, woods, adults in classroom, a last will and testament

Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · May 1

June is shaping up nicely! 💙📚

Nikki Smith @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social · May 1

Very excited to be joining the amazing @tmloganauthor.bsky.social & @lesleykara.bsky.social to chat about thrillers with Dr Tim Rideout - do come along on 24 June at 7.30pm & join us!

Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Apr 27

Great day yesterday on the thriller panel with Emma Cook at the Ticehurst Literary Festival. We were interviewed by the very capable Sue Gaisford. Thanks to Rosalind Upton for organising everything so well! 💙📚

Rosalind, Emma and Lesley in front of book display

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In Suspense Podcast @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social · Apr 24

We’re wrapping this series of In Suspense with none other than Jeremy Vine — talking Murder on Line One, local radio nostalgia, Agatha Christie, and the lost art of the handwritten letter. 🕵️‍♂️📻✍️ We also have a long list of book/author recommendations. 💙📚

#podcast #jeremyvine #murderonlineone

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Apr 18

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CL Taylor @callytaylor.bsky.social · Apr 18

A HUGE thank you to @andreamara.bsky.social , @lesleykara.bsky.social @nadinematheson.com Claire Douglas @carolinemitchell.bsky.social & @cjcookebooks.bsky.social

Signed copies, made out to you, with a CL Taylor doodle from:

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Apr 18

I somehow managed to miss this article in Good Housekeeping so am posting it now!
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“A town wrecked by gossip”: The Rumour is the "sharp" psychological drama you won't want to keep to yourself

Emily Atack and Rachel Shenton star in the addictive new Channel 5 series.

www.goodhousekeeping.com

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In Suspense Podcast @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social · Apr 17

Today, we talk to Anna Bailey about cats, alligators, Louisiana graveyards and their new book, Our Last Wild Days. Have a listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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In Suspense Podcast @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social · Mar 27

Today, we answer some of our listeners’ brilliant questions. We had such fun recording this episode so do have a listen! 💙📚

#podcast #podcastlife #listenersquestions #publishing #readersquestions #podcastlovers #authors

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Nikki Smith @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social · Mar 18

Final shout out for any questions! DM myself or @lesleykara.bsky.social or @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social as we’ll be recording a session to go out next Thursday (27 March) on the podcast with our thoughts & answers!

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Mar 11

Have you listened to The Novelry ‘On Writing’ podcast yet? #amwriting #writingtips 💙📚

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Photo of Lesley Kara and Andrea Stewart recording a podcast episode for The Novelry entitled ‘Put Pressure On Your Hero’

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Waterstones Liverpool @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hello, bookish pals! We are here!! Come, join us - we're keen to find other readers, publishers, authors, publicists, book shops, story tellers and the book curious!!! We're very friendly and very keen to chat!!! 🙂📚

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In Suspense Podcast @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today, we talk to the fabulous Mari Hannah about her latest book, Her Sister’s Killer, and about making a career out of crime (crime WRITING, that is!) 💜💙📚#podcast #crimefiction #policeprocedurals

www.in-suspense.co.uk

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thank you! xx

Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Mar 2

Dankeschön! ❤️

Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Lesley Kara @lesleykara.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thank you! I hope you enjoy Das Gerücht! ❤️

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In Suspense Podcast @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social · Feb 20

Our topic today is The Art of the Psychological Thriller, so who better to talk to than the mega-bestselling author, Claire Douglas! Claire tells us all about her forthcoming novel, #thenewneighbours, and her incredible success over the last few years.

www.in-suspense.co.uk

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