The Ghost

p>b>u>PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024/u>/b>br>br>'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' i>b>Sunday Telegraph/b>/i>br>br>'Guaranteed to keep you awake' i>b>The Times/b>/i>br>br>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.br>br>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.br>br>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 . . .br>br>'Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion' i>b>Economist/b>/i>br>br>'Truly thrilling' i>b>Sunday Times/b>/i>/p> p>u>b>Act of Oblivion - the brand new thriller from Robert Harris, available now/b>/u>br>br>'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' i>b>Sunday Telegraph/b>/i>br>br>'Guaranteed to keep you awake' i>b>The Times/b>/i>br>br>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.br>br>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.br>br>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 . . .br>br>'Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion' i>b>Economist/b>/i>br>br>'Truly thrilling' i>b>Sunday Times/b>/i>/p>