Another first read author for me, I guess Robert Harris most well known book, as well as a film, I think realised in the USA as The Ghost Writer.
Britain's former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. A professional ghost writer is sent out to rescue the project - a man more used to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities than ex-world leaders. The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill.
This book lacked the excitement, tensions, action and suspense of many of my recent reads and favourite author. This book up to halfway through would only have gained two stars but improved to a three star just!
I know it is a political thriller, but lacked the real action, twists of a gripping book from David Baldacci, Simon Kernick, Linda Castillo.
It was not a book that you felt like you were excited to read the next chapter, just okay.
This was my October read, now back to the third instalment of Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder, already much better after two/three chapters.
Not an author I would recommend.