‘In this chilling tale of paranoia, suspicion and accusation, Lesley Kara keeps you guessing before final web page.’ Paula Hawkins, Zero.1 bestselling writer of The Girl over the Train and Into the Water

When solitary mum Joanna hears a rumour at the institution gates, she by no means intends to move it in. But one casual comment leads to some other and now there’s no going back .

Rumour has it a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, within their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea.

Sally on the subject of The Rumour: The bestselling ebook of 2019, with a killer twist McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years back – simply no photos of her exist since her release simply because a young woman.

So who may be the supposedly reformed killer who have now lives among them? How dangerous is one able to rumour become? And what lengths will Joanna head to safeguard her family members from damage, when she realizes what it is she’s unleashed?

‘Everyone is going to be talking about The Rumour. An interesting idea, a creeping sense of dread, and a twist you will not see coming!’ Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Few Next Door.

‘A great debut having a slyly clever idea and a rollercoaster ride to the very last phrase.’ Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow and THE KID