Rumour Has It (novel) explained

Rumour Has It
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	British literature, Romantic comedy
Published:	2009 (Headline Review)
Media Type:	Print (Hardcover) (Paperback) & E-book
Pages:	416 pp (paperback)
Isbn:	978-0-7553-2819-2
Isbn Note:	(paperback)
Oclc:	466361584
Preceded By:	An Offer You Can't Refuse (Novel)

Rumour Has It is a novel by British author Jill Mansell. Rumour Has It, spent eight weeks in The Sunday Times hardback bestseller list in 2009 ^[1] and the paperback ranked third in The Sunday Times bestseller list ^[2]

Background

Jill Mansell first had the idea for becoming a novelist after reading an article in a magazine about women who had changed their lives by becoming best-selling authors. Eventually she decided to write the kind of book "I would love to read".^[3] The end result was her first novel, Fast Friends.

Characters in Rumour Has It

• Tilly Cole
• Jack Lucas

Release details

• 2009, UK, Headline Review, pub date 5 February 2009, hardback
• 2009, UK, Headline Review, pub date 25 June 2009, paperback
• 2009, UK, Headline Review, pub date 3 May 2009, E-book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mansell signs four-book deal with Headline . 2014-05-28 . Neilan . Catherine . 2009-05-07 . The Bookseller .
2. Web site: Top 10 fiction paperbacks - July 26, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052542/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/article179139.ece . dead . May 29, 2014 . 2014-05-28 . The Sunday Times . 2009-07-26 . The Sunday Times .
3. Web site: The Book That Changed My Life: Jill Mansell chooses Riders by Jilly Cooper . 2014-05-28 . McLaughlin . Cressida . 2014-02-10 . novelicious .