The Ghost

By Robert Harris

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Ghost is a 2007 thriller by British novelist Robert Harris, author of Fatherland and Pompeii. It was published in the US as The Ghost Writer and adapted into Roman Polanski's 2010 film. An unnamed ghostwriter is hired to complete the memoirs of Adam Lang, a former British prime minister, after the previous writer drowned. Working at Lang's retreat in Martha's Vineyard, he learns that Lang is accused of war crimes, and he starts to suspect that his predecessor's death was no accident.

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• Stephen King: “Ex-prime minister Adam Lang (who sounds a lot like ex-PM Tony Blair) is writing his memoirs with a ghostwriter when he’s indicted for war crimes. Lang’s wife is randy and his previous writing partner died under highly suspicious circumstances.”