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The House Across the Street
Lesley Pearse
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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
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About Lesley Pearse
Reviews for The House Across the Street
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
Lesley Pearse is on top form with her latest novel The House Across The Street
Choice
A heartbreaking and intensely human story that twists, turns and grips from first page to last . . .
Lancashire Post
An evocative and nostalgic novel from one of the UK's most prolific, best-selling authors
CultureFly
We highly recommend it!
People's Friend
Evocative
Woman's Weekly
You'll be up all night trying to guess what comes next
Good Living
Gripping 60s novel
Eastern Daily Press
Praise for Lesley Pearse
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Deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers . . . You simply have to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next
MyWeekly
Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read
Sun
Glorious, heartwarming
Woman & Home
Gripping
Hello
A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers
Daily Mail
Evocative, compelling, told from the heart
Sunday Express
Must-reads this month
Marie Claire
Praise for Lesley Pearse:
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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
Deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers . . . You simply have to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.
MyWeekly
Gripping.
Hello
Evocative, multi-faceted and sometimes disturbing, a story that grips from first page to last.
Lancashire Post