Ghost

### From Publishers Weekly

Displaying enviable versatility, Harris, who first achieved acclaim with his alternative history, *Fatherland*, and who more recently showed his mastery of the historical novel in *Pompeii*, hits one out of the park with this dark paranoid thriller. Former British prime minister Adam Lang (clearly modelled on Tony Blair) is up against a firm deadline to submit his memoirs to his publisher, and the project is dangerously derailed when his aide and collaborator, Michael McAra, perishes in a ferry accident off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. To salvage the book, a professional ghostwriter is hired to whip the manuscript into shape, but the unnamed writer soon finds that separating truth from fiction in Lang’s recollections a challenge. The stakes rise when Lang is accused of war crimes for authorizing the abduction of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan, who then ended up in the CIA’s merciless hands. As the new writer probes deeper, he uncovers evidence that his predecessor’s death may have been a homicide. Harris nicely leavens his cynical tale with gallows humor, and even readers who anticipate the plot’s final twist will admire the author’s artistry in creating an intelligent page-turner that tackles serious issues.

### Pressestimmen

“Britain’s leading thriller writer”

–*Daily Telegraph *

“Robert Harris is a superb writer of thrillers.”

–*Independent *

“A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock.”

–Nelson Mandela,* Guardian *