Must read

5 * * * * * Truly shocking

A deeply evocative read

A gripping novel . . . will have you up all night guessing what happens next

A gripping new novel

The Hot List

Fab in Fiction feature

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

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

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

Lesley Pearse is on top form with her latest novel The House Across The Street

A heartbreaking and intensely human story that twists, turns and grips from first page to last . . .

An evocative and nostalgic novel from one of the UK's most prolific, best-selling authors

We highly recommend it!

Evocative

You'll be up all night trying to guess what comes next

Gripping 60s novel

Praise for Lesley Pearse

Deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers . . . You simply have to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next

Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read

Glorious, heartwarming

Gripping

A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers

Evocative, compelling, told from the heart

Must-reads this month

Praise for Lesley Pearse:

Evocative, compelling, told from the heart

Deservedly one of the world's favourite story tellers . . . You simply have to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.

Gripping.

Evocative, multi-faceted and sometimes disturbing, a story that grips from first page to last.

An impressive book that demands your attention, and rewards your commitment with a beautifully told, richly evocative tale

Comparisons with Gabriel García Márquez are inevitable and likely warranted. But this novel's generous spirit, sensory richness, and visionary heft make it almost unique among magical realist epics

A mastery of language, a deftness in description, and a dip into surrealist and speculative elements makes The Old Drift a worthwhile study in holding together several storylines through the characterization of those searching for their calling, and the cost of those pursuits

This inventive first novel by Serpell, a Caine Prize winner, spans two centuries in Zambian history, mixing styles from Gothic to Afrofuturist

I recommend Namwali Serpell's 2019 Zambian tour de force The Old Drift. This is a long book – all 563 pages of it – by a writer whose prose and outsize imagination will hold you spellbound throughout

A tremendous novel, completely hypnotising

Listening…brings out to the full Serpell’s dexterity in playing with words and her despairing love for her country