The Ghost Writer by Julie Clark Book Review

About the Book:

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.

My Review:

This is a novel where a contemporary writing project reveals secrets from decades ago. I have read police procedural novels investigating cold cases. This novel has a unique way of revealing truth from long ago, such as finding long lost movie film. The narrative jumps from contemporary events to those in the past as secrets come to light. The point of view changes at times as well. It is a complex way to write the resolution of a cold case but it did read well.

This is a novel for readers who like reviewing personal experiences in solving a murder from decades ago.

My rating: 4/5 stars.

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About the Author:

Julie Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ones We Choose and The Last Flight, which was also a #1 international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and a golden doodle with poor impulse control.

Sourcebooks Landmark, 368 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent review.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)