Rumour

Two couples' lives become scandalously entwined in this novel by Elin Hilderbrand, set on the storied shores of Nantucket. Madeline King, a Nantucket writer with a new novel on the horizon, is terrified after she reveals the truth behind an actual affair involving her best friend Grace. Their twenty-year friendship is strained by jealousy and resentments voiced in a fateful argument, and now the pair must navigate the dangers of a mysterious and destructive stranger who threatens to pull them deeper into a web of rumor. THE RUMOUR explores how gossip can alter lives and whether the truth is worse than the stories people tell.

As Madeline and Grace confront the unraveling of their bond, the novel delves into the power of rumor to change outcomes, and the high price of ambition, secrecy, and loyalty. The story blends emotional drama with a suspenseful sense of menace, inviting readers to consider what happens when the line between truth and tale becomes dangerously blurred.

Kenmerken

• Nantucket setting with glamorous lifestyle.
• Madeline King and Grace’s twenty-year friendship.
• Real affair sparks the central rumor.
• A mysterious, destructive stranger entangles them.
• 384 pagina's, drama en suspense.