The Rumour

  Once I would have said he wasn’t spiteful enough to haunt me. But that was before.

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  About the Author

  Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She lives in the small town of Frinton-on-Sea on the North Essex coast. The Rumour is her first novel.

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  First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Bantam Press

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  Copyright © Lesley Kara 2018

  Cover design by Richard Ogle/TW

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  Lesley Kara has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

  This book is a work of fiction and, except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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  Version 1.0 Epub ISBN 9781473559448

  ISBN 9781787630048

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