As a test of how this blog works I thought I would begin by copying (and updating) a few reviews I wrote for my other site. 

I recently read The Ghost Writer by Robert Harris and liked it much more than I expected I would.

The book has been issued as a paperback to coincide with the movie of the same name.   I had read a couple of Harris’s previous books and enjoyed the first I read but not the next as I recall.  So I probably would not have looked to try another, however the previews for the movie looked pretty good and I thought I would try the book before seeing the movie.  I was totally taken by the book and read it is less than 2 days which is unusually fast for me.  For those who don’t know the basic story line, it is about a ghostwriter working with a former UK Prime Minister on his memoirs.  Without going into much detail on the plot, let me just say it is a mystery, a thriller, and political commentary on current events.

The story is told from the ghostwriter’s point of view and draws you in immediately.  And it continues to get better as he travels to a secure location (a billionaire’s estate on Martha’s Vineyard in winter) to meet the former PM (and staff) and confronts various issues related to the war on terror, human rights and war crimes. 

If you are still not sure this book is for you, just follow my link to Amazon and read the reviews there.