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The House Across the Street

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781405935371

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 257g

  • RRP: £7.99

The House Across the Street

DISCOVER THE CAPTIVATING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN, LESLEY PEARSE

Is there a murderer across the street?

1964.

Twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by glamorous Gloria and the goings-on at her house over the road.

Who are the mysterious women that keep coming and going in the strange black car?

Then one night, Gloria's house burns to the ground. Bodies are found in the wreckage.

And Katy's horror turns to disbelief when her own father is arrested and charged with murder.

Determined to prove his innocence, Katy sets out to uncover the truth about the mysterious house across the street and find the real murderer.

But that means risking her own life . . .
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* * * * * - Heat

'Must read' Saturday Express

'Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read' Sun

'A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers' Daily Mail

'Glorious, heartwarming' Woman & Home

'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' Sunday Express

'Gripping' Hello

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781405935371

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 257g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • Must read

    Saturday Express

  • 5 * * * * * Truly shocking

    Fab New 5 Star Fiction, Heat

  • A deeply evocative read

    Woman Magazine

  • A gripping novel . . . will have you up all night guessing what happens next

    My Weekly

  • A gripping new novel

    Yours

  • The Hot List

    Inside Soap

  • Fab in Fiction feature

    Woman's Way

  • Pearse has written another pacy novel, steeped in 1960s authenticity and driven by lovable - and love to hate - characters. But at the heart of the book lies a powerful message which stays with you long after you've finished reading

    Sunday Express

  • Lesley Pearse brilliantly captures the era . . . Emotional and moving, The House Across The Street is storytelling at its best, filled with characters you will care passionately about

    Anne Cater, Daily Express

  • 5 * * * * * A gripping read set in the 1960s. The story becomes a full-blown mystery that will leave Katy's life in danger, and the search for answers drives this engaging combination of thriller and drama

    The People's Friend

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About the Author

Lesley Pearse

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. After her mother died, Lesley spent three years in an orphanage before she was taken home when her father remarried. Resourceful, determined and willing to have a go at almost anything Lesley left home at sixteen. By the mid Sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married a trumpet player in a Jazz rock band. She has also worked as a nanny, a Playboy bunny and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques. It was only after having three daughters that Lesley began to write. The hardships, traumas, close friends and lovers from those early years were inspiration for her beloved novels. She published her first book at 49 and has not looked back since. Lesley is still a party girl.

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