The House on Otley Road

Everyone heard the story. But no one knows the truth.

Two murders. Twenty years apart. One truth to be uncovered.

1999. Emily Pierce is at uni in Leeds having the time of her life. On New Year’s Eve her plans to have the best night ever are brutally cut short when she is killed in her student house. The police conclude her murder was a burglary gone wrong and never find the killer.

2019. When Olivia Kavanagh discovers that twenty years earlier a girl was murdered in her bedroom, she becomes obsessed. But her questions end with another dead body.

Journalist Kate Marsden is sent to cover the story. She reported on Emily’s murder twenty years earlier and finds the similarities staggering and eerie. She is determined to discover the link. But the deeper she digs, the closer she gets to a murderer. Because this isn’t just a story, it’s a well-hidden crime and there’s someone out there who will do anything to stop her from ever unearthing the truth…

*****

'The characterisations were so relatable and absorbing. I found this addictive, was repeatedly drawn back to the book and I just loved the reveal!' Amy Jordan

'Brilliantly layered and utterly enthralling, this is one seriously accomplished debut. I was riveted from page one.' Louise Candlish

'Congratulations Rosa on a cracker of a debut! Wonderfully pacy, suspenseful and authentic. The story’s complex characters, clever plotting and a deftly handled dual timeline played me around like pinball and kept me riveted until the very end.' T. Orr Munro