The dare - Lesley Kara

THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE RUMOUR

'A plot packed with surprises, and it has an ending that won't disappoint.' Daily Mail

Come on. You'll be fine. It's only a game.

'This time it's different. She's gone too far now.
She really has.'

Lizzie has no memory of the accident in which her best friend Alice died as a teenager. And it was an accident. Wasn't it?

Alice's friends and relatives suspect Lizzie was to blame, but Lizzie knows that can't be true. She would never have hurt Alice.

Twelve years on, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fianc, Lizzie is finally beginning to feel like she can move on with her life.

But someone has other ideas . . .

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'This psychological thriller gets under your skin, meaning some late nights till you finish it.' Heat

'This twisty psychological thriller will grip you within minutes.' NOW!


Readers can't stop talking about The Dare:

***** 'Full of drama, dark secrets and surprises'
***** 'Such a good story with plenty of twists'
***** 'Lesley Kara is the queen of psychological thrillers!'

Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy 'Writing a Novel' course. She lives on the North Essex coast. She is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers, The Rumour and Who Did You Tell?. Her debut, The Rumour, was also a Kindle No.1 bestseller.

A plot packed with surprises, and it has an ending that won't disappoint.
Daily Mail

Kara uses the old box of tricks so effectively, misdirecting your attention with expert cunning and then biffing you on the back of the head with her twists.
Daily Mirror

This psychological thriller gets under your skin, meaning some late nights till you finish it.
Heat

A real page turner. An engrossing and suspenseful tale with absorbing characters and plenty of shocking twists.
Susan Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Lies, Your Lies

I read The Dare in two big gulps - it's pacey, has great characters and there's a flip worthy of Simone Biles.
Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow

Intelligent, packed with intrigue, and charged with an unstoppable tension, The Dare is a gripping tale which shows yet again that Lesley Kara is the queen of psychological thrillers.
Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal

Lesley Kara has done it again. The Dare is a gripping tale of secrets, betrayal and love's power to corrupt and redeem. Brilliantly plotted, The Dare keeps you guessing to the very end, and like Lizzie, the reader never knows who to trust. Destined for the bestseller charts and deservedly so.
Adam Hamdy, author of Pendulum

You'll race through it.
Best Magazine

The deeply submerged memories of Kara's heroine Lizzie (whose best friend was killed in an accident) resurface to threatening effect. Kara's cogent prose and grasp of mounting tension pay dividends.
Financial Times

This twisty psychological thriller will grip you within minutes
NOW!