@lesleykara.bsky.social
Sunday Times Top Ten and Amazon #1 bestselling author of THE RUMOUR (coming soon to Channel 5 🤩) and other psychological thrillers. Co-presenter of the In Suspense podcast. Rep’d by Amanda Preston, LBA Books. TROUBLEMAKER coming soon. www.lesleykara.com
Acid green cover of my new book Troublemaker. A blue butterfly on a thorny black branch.
👀 COVER REVEAL: my new book, TROUBLEMAKER, is out next January. 💙📚 It’s on the theme of the girl who cried wolf. How do you solve a murder when no one believes it took place? And now the killer has their sights set on YOU…
Available to pre-order now : bit.ly/4mbmWKj
A great turnout at Lowdham Book Festival - lovely to share the stage with fellow thriller authors @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social @lesleykara.bsky.social with expert chairing by Dr Tim Rideout🙏 Thanks to indy bookshop The Bookcase in Lowdham and everyone who joined us at Southwell Library!
25.06.2025 11:46 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0My 2 minute book blog this week is a real summer holiday sizzler! @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social @lesleykara.bsky.social @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social
20.06.2025 17:15 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Hope you enjoy it! 😀
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A collage of pics: library, runner in park, bathroom, cemetery, little boy, person with knife, paracetamol, police officer, young man, woods, adults in classroom, a last will and testament
👀 A photographic teaser of my next novel. Awaiting copy edits now so proofs should be ready soon! Drop a thumbs-up in the comments if you like reading early proofs ⬇️ 💙📚
04.05.2025 11:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0June is shaping up nicely! 💙📚
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Lesley, Emma and Sue on stage
Rosalind, Emma and Lesley in front of book display
Lesley signing books
Great day yesterday on the thriller panel with Emma Cook at the Ticehurst Literary Festival. We were interviewed by the very capable Sue Gaisford. Thanks to Rosalind Upton for organising everything so well! 💙📚
27.04.2025 16:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We’re wrapping this series of In Suspense with none other than Jeremy Vine — talking Murder on Line One, local radio nostalgia, Agatha Christie, and the lost art of the handwritten letter. 🕵️♂️📻✍️ We also have a long list of book/author recommendations. 💙📚
#podcast #jeremyvine #murderonlineone
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18.04.2025 20:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A HUGE thank you to @andreamara.bsky.social , @lesleykara.bsky.social @nadinematheson.com Claire Douglas @carolinemitchell.bsky.social & @cjcookebooks.bsky.social
Signed copies, made out to you, with a CL Taylor doodle from:
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I somehow managed to miss this article in Good Housekeeping so am posting it now!
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Today, we talk to Anna Bailey about cats, alligators, Louisiana graveyards and their new book, Our Last Wild Days. Have a listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
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Today, we answer some of our listeners’ brilliant questions. We had such fun recording this episode so do have a listen! 💙📚
#podcast #podcastlife #listenersquestions #publishing #readersquestions #podcastlovers #authors
Final shout out for any questions! DM myself or @lesleykara.bsky.social or @insuspensepodcast.bsky.social as we’ll be recording a session to go out next Thursday (27 March) on the podcast with our thoughts & answers!
18.03.2025 09:00 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Photo of Lesley Kara and Andrea Stewart recording a podcast episode for The Novelry entitled ‘Put Pressure On Your Hero’
Have you listened to The Novelry ‘On Writing’ podcast yet? #amwriting #writingtips 💙📚
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Hello, bookish pals! We are here!! Come, join us - we're keen to find other readers, publishers, authors, publicists, book shops, story tellers and the book curious!!! We're very friendly and very keen to chat!!! 🙂📚
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Today, we talk to the fabulous Mari Hannah about her latest book, Her Sister’s Killer, and about making a career out of crime (crime WRITING, that is!) 💜💙📚#podcast #crimefiction #policeprocedurals
www.in-suspense.co.uk
Thank you! xx
03.03.2025 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dankeschön! ❤️
02.03.2025 09:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0❤️❤️❤️
28.02.2025 18:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you! I hope you enjoy Das Gerücht! ❤️
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Our topic today is The Art of the Psychological Thriller, so who better to talk to than the mega-bestselling author, Claire Douglas! Claire tells us all about her forthcoming novel, #thenewneighbours, and her incredible success over the last few years.
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You won’t want to miss this one with the fabulous Claire Douglas talking #psychologicalthrillers and much more! 💙📚 #booksky #podcasts
20.02.2025 08:31 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of Vic Watson and Ann Cleeves wearing Bay Tales merchandise, smiling to camera.
Hello from the Bay Tales team. That’s @vpeanuts.bsky.social & Ann Cleeves (author of Vera, Shetland & The Long Call).
Our next event is Sat, 1 March ‘25 & we would love you to join us.
Tickets available from our website.
Baftas 2025: Conclave beats The Brutalist to best picture as Mikey Madison scoops best actress
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Giveaway on my instagram page
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Do you belong to a book club or reading group? I’m in the process of creating book club kits for all my novels. The first one, for The Other Tenant, is now ready! Link below. #bookclubs #readinggroups #bookclubkits 💙📚 #booksky
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