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The Ghost

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The Ghost

By: Robert Harris
Narrated by: Michael Jayston
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'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

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Critic reviews

A master of the intelligent thriller...The Ghost is Harris back on sparkling form
Truly thrilling
Robert Harris's latest thriller is more than a fun read: it is a super-duper, double fun bag-sized read thanks to his masterful plotting
Harris has written a remarkable thriller... He knows how to tell a story
The Ghost is arguably the finest novel yet to have emerged from the so-called Age of Terror... This is an important book about the major issues of our time
Absorbing... Compelling reading
A masterpiece of observation, interpretation and analysis
Robert Harris's bullet-paced thriller... [It's] impossible to put this book down
An elegant and highly readable thriller (Douglas Hurd)
A cracking good yarn... His writing is taut with wit and cleverness
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This is an excellent book, well read by Michael Jayston, who does a superb job.

The plot is plausible, in spite of the involvement of the usual american three letter agencies, and the story unfolds in a natural, unforced way. The ending is particularly poignant. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Makes me think again about the British PM

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Claustrophobic elements of the book are reminiscent of a classic John Le Carre. The descriptive passages of the novel are as atmospheric as those in Harris's Cicero Trilogy. The similarities between a certain ex British Prime Minister and Adam are unmistakable - his wife less so. The only downside is that there is no one very likeable in the whole piece.
I listened to the whole book in one day and the time flew past. Michael Jayston is an excellent choice for narrator.

Fictional political characters merge with reality

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Another excellent story from Robert Harris blending fact and fiction and leaving the reader wanting more.

Unputdownable

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Not the ending I was expecting totally was intrigued to carry on listening. So good I was disappointed it had come to a unexpected ending definitely worth a listen or read.
The author has picked strong characters to play out the scenes and it is so believable

What a page turner

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Thriller, very much set in it's time - with references to frequent bombings that we're a part of life before the Good Friday agreement in the UK - with a good twist at the end.

Twist in the tail

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