The Rumor by Lesley Kara
/The Rumor by Lesley Kara
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A simple rumor. That’s all it was. There was no proof to back it up, only conjecture. Joanna doesn’t even mean to repeat it. Repeating the rumor, will change her life.
After hearing the rumor of a child killer living in her small town, Joanna becomes obsessed with finding out who the woman could be. When the father of her child, a journalist, learns of the rumor, he too becomes fascinated with the story and is eager to pursue any lead into the woman’s identity. But finding the killer will take Joanna and her family on a terrifying journey where every neighbor is a potential threat and the people you least suspect can be the most dangerous.
I really enjoyed this book. Full of twists and turns, the story moves quickly without feeling rushed. This is one of the books that’s hard to discuss too much without spoiling the best parts. Lesley Kara gives us some really relatable characters. I really liked Joanna’s character. She is a single mom, dealing with a job she doesn’t really like but it pays the bills and gives her a cheap place to live. She has to deal with the mommy drama at school and the scenes with the babysitting circle made me really appreciate the highschool babysitters I’ve been able to use instead of that nonsense. I really loved how Joanna and Michael’s relationship was written. What started off as an easy, somewhat casual relationship turns into them living together and dealing with her mom’s disapproval. Amazing how even at 30 we still deal with our mom’s disapproval. Michael’s drive to investigate the case of Sally McGowan and write a book about her, added to the newness of living together creates some very relatable tension in the new version of their relationship.
I really thought that I had the killer’s identity figured out multiple times and each time I was dead wrong. It was really difficult to not flip to the end early just find out who it really was but I’m glad I was able to restrain myself. The ending is explosive!
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