The Ghost Book

'The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said "Rick I'm sorry this isn't for me I don't like the sound of it " finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller Rick - I often thought he should have been the writer and I the agent - that once he'd started talking there was never any question I wouldn't listen and by the time he had finished I was done for.' Adam Lang has been Britain's longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister of the last half century. And now that he's left office he's accepted one of history's largest cash advances to compose a tell-all (or at least tell-some) memoir of his life and years of power. As pressure mounts for Lang to complete this magnum opus he hires a professional ghostwriter to finish the book. As he sets to work the ghostwriter discovers many more secrets than Lang intends to reveal secrets with the power to alter world politics secrets with the power to kill. Set in America on Martha's Vineyard "The Ghost" is Harris' finest foray into political fiction since "Archangel" and brings the reader face to face with some of the biggest issues of our time. The result is a gripping and genuinely thrilling read.Read More