#98 in Crime & mystery
The Ghostwriter
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Our view
“The Ghostwriter” is a dark, twisty family mystery that grows out of a double death in 1975. Olivia Dumont has always hidden that her father is Vincent Taylor, a horror novelist long suspected of killing his siblings; now, close to ruin, she is hired to write his last book. Some readers enjoy the turns of the plot but see the solution coming. It suits readers drawn to crime built on family secrets.
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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.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 89 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 38% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 89 | 100% |
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