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Is there a murderer across the street?

It's 1964 and twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by Gloria and the goings-on at the house over the road. Who are the mysterious women that arrive in a black car most Saturdays?

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 . . . 

The House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse is published in paperback by Michael Joseph on 2 May 2019

I originally reviewed the hardback edition of this book; my review was printed in the Daily Express, and can also be found below.

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Lesley Pearse’s The House Across the Street is set in the small town of Bexhill in the early 1960s. Katy Speed is twenty-three and lives in the town with her parents, her younger brother Rob is away at University.

Although Katy comes from what is considered a ‘good’ home, her relationship with her mother is strained. Her father Albert is her biggest ally; loving and supportive in all ways, whilst her mother Hilda can only be described as cold and bitter.

Katy is fascinated by the house across the street. The house is occupied by the glamorous dress shop owner Gloria; a woman who always encourages Katy to move away, to go to London, to make more of her life.

Katy is intrigued by the regular visitors to Gloria’s house; they arrive  in a sleek black car, always women, and often with children in tow. Hilda disapproves of Gloria and tries her best to make Katy stay away from her.

When Gloria’s house burns to the ground, and her body and that of her daughter are discovered inside, the police are convinced it is arson. The community is shocked to the core. Katy has finally taken Gloria’s advice and gone to London to seek work and a flat with her best friend Jilly and it is whilst she is there that she finds out that her wonderful father has been arrested on suspicion of arson and murder.

What follows is a tense and thrilling story. Lesley Pearse depicts the 60s era so very well, and Katy is an incredible character. Her strength and determination to prove her father’s innocence lands her in troubles that she could never have imagined. This author deals with the serious theme of domestic violence very well, giving great insight into how the police, and the wider community viewed abused women in the past.

Emotional and moving, this is story-telling at its best, filled with characters that it’s impossible not to care about.

Praise for The House Across the Street

'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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Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and three grandchildren. 

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