Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She completed an English degree and PGCE at Greenwich University, having previously worked as a nurse and a secretary, and then became a lecturer and manager in Further Education. She lives on the North Essex coast.The Rumour is her first novel.
At CrimeReads she tagged "seven examples of novels that have rumors and false information at their heart," including:
Wild Fire, by Ann CleevesRead about another entry on the list.
Wild Fire, by Ann Cleeves, the eighth and final book in the bestselling Shetland series, also explores the repercussions of herd mentality. An English family have relocated from London to a remote Shetland community to give their autistic son a better life. But when the previous owner of their new home hangs himself in their barn, the family becomes the target of malicious gossip. Things get a whole lot worse when a young nanny from a neighbouring family is also found hanging in the same barn. Rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wild fire.
--Marshal Zeringue
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