The Ghost

A Tie-in Edition Of The Sunday Times Bestselling Contemporary Thriller, To Coincide With The Release Of The Golden Globe Award-winning Film Directed By Roman Polanski; Starring Pierce Brosnan And Ewan Mcgregor. 'the Moment I Heard How Mcara Died I Should Have Walked Away. I Can See That Now...' The Narrator Of Robert Harris's Gripping New Novel Is A Professional Ghostwriter - Cynical, Mercenary, And With A Nice Line In Deadpan Humour. Accustomed To Working With Fading Rock Stars And Minor Celebrities, He Jumps At The Chance To Ghost The Memoirs Of Britain's Former Prime Minister, Especially As It Means Flying To The American Resort Of Martha's Vineyard In The Middle Of Winter And Finishing The Book In The Seclusion Of A Luxurious House. But It Doesn't Take Him Long To Realise He Has Made A Terrible Mistake. His Predecessor On The Project Died In Circumstances That Were Distinctly Suspicious, And The Ex-prime Minister Turns Out To Be A Man With Secrets In His Past That Are Returning To Haunt Him - Secrets With The Power To Kill. The Times Has Called Robert Harris 'the Leading Current Exponent Of The Intelligent Literary Thriller'. The Ghost Is His Most Compelling Novel Yet. PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' Sunday Telegraph 'Guaranteed to keep you awake' The Times A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America's most exclusive holiday retreat. But it's no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security. For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet - Britain's former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs - he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life. When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue - from which there will be no escape . . . 'Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion' Economist 'Truly thrilling' Sunday Times Hovedpersonen i romanen er skyggeforfatter (ghostwriter), en som lever av andres livshistorier. Han er vant til å jobbe med b-kjendiser og aldrende rockestjerner, men får muligheten til å skrive memoarene til Storbritannias avgåtte statsminister. Han takker ja, og blir flydd til Martha's Vineyard i USA for å møte oppdragsgiveren. Det viser seg at oppdraget ikke er så lukrativt likevel. Forgjengeren har dødd under mistenkelige omstendigheter, og eksstatsministeren har hemmeligheter fra fortiden som er i ferd med å hjemsøke ham. Hemmeligheter av storpolitisk betydning og med dødelige konsekvenser. Boken utkom samtidig på norsk The narrator of this novel is a professional ghostwriter: cynical, mercenary, and with a nice line in deadpan humour. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the chance to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former prime minister, especially as it means flying to the American resort of Martha's Vineyard in the middle of winter and finishing the book in the seclusion of a luxurious house. But it doesn't take long for him to realise he has made a terrible mistake Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, a professional ghostwriter jumps at the chance to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former prime minister, especially as it means flying to the American resort of Martha's Vineyard in the middle of winter and finishing the book in the seclusion of a luxurious house. 'The Ghost' tells the story of a writer who accepts the request to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister. He soon realises he has made a terrible mistake. The ex-Prime Minister turns out to be a man with secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill.Robert Harris is once again at his gripping best with the most controversial new thriller of the decade.