The Rumour

Our Review

The Rumour is an excellent debut novel by Lesley Kara. It Is thrilling and full of lots of twists – some I saw coming to a certain extent, but others were a complete surprise.

“It starts with a rumour. Whispers at the school gate.”

When Joanna repeats a rumour, she hears when collecting her son from school she doesn't realise she is putting herself and her son at risk.

Supposedly notorious child killer Sally McGowan is living in the seaside town of Flinstead-On-Sea. She was just ten years old when she stabbed Robbie Harris to death.

Now Jo is receiving threatening messages and wonders just what she has unleashed in her search for the truth.

One of the things I enjoyed about this book was that it constantly had me second guessing myself. I would settle on one character as being the real Sally McGowan and then something would happen to make me suspect someone else.

I also liked the way Lesley Kara explored the relationship between Jo and the rest of the characters, in particular Michael, Alfie and her mother.

I felt that each of the characters within the novel were believable and made me think of people I know in real life.

In some books like this there is a tendency to tell the tale from the perspective of multiple points of view and over complicates it too much. I liked that The Rumour was mostly told from the perspective of Joanna with only the occasional area written from the perspective of Sally McGowan or in the form of a newspaper article.

Our Final Rating...

Wed, 5th December 2018