The Ghost

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Michael Jayston

'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

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

Michael Jayston is my favourite reader

I have loved Jayston’s performances since “Tinker Tailor” and “Smiley’s People” — and this book was a fine vehicle for him. More, please.