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The Ghostwriter

A Novel

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DELUXE FIRST EDITION WITH PRINTED EDGES!

"Deftly and engagingly delves into this complicated not-so-cold case." —The New York Times

"Expertly plotted and exquisitely twisted." —Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins

From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell comes a dazzling new thriller.

June, 1975.

The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets.

Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another one of his lies. Because it's not another horror novel he wants her to write.

After fifty years of silence, Vincent Taylor is finally ready to talk about what really happened that night in 1975.

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      Starred review from May 1, 2025
      After her mother left, Olivia Dumont was raised by her father, Vincent, who was often cruel and distant. His behavior confused and angered Olivia, although she understood it was an inevitable result of his brother and sister being stabbed to death in 1975. Some even accused Vincent of the crime. After being banished to boarding school in Europe, Olivia eventually becomes a successful ghostwriter. She finally returns to America, but after she publicly accuses another ghostwriter of misogyny, no publisher will work with her. Then her agent calls to say Vincent wants Olivia to ghostwrite his memoirs. She arrives at Vincent's house only to learn he's terminally ill and deteriorating quickly. Vincent is by turns brusque, confused, and intense, and the notes he gives Olivia are incoherent ramblings. Olivia knows she'll never be able to write the book unless she interviews those who knew her dad earlier and tries to discover the truth of what happened that fateful night in 1975. As she unravels the story, she begins to understand the horrific impact it had not just on her father but on the entire family, including Olivia herself. Dark, enigmatic, suspenseful, complex, thought provoking, and heart wrenching, this book is a riveting, five-star read.

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      May 1, 2025

      Bestselling Clark (The Lies I Tell) returns with a suspense story about ghostwriter Olivia Dumont. She is hired to finish her father's final book, in which he's ready to tell the story about the brutal murders of his siblings in 1975, for which he was the prime suspect. Prepub Alert.

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