The GhostwriterJulie Clark

#28 in Thriller

The Ghostwriter

Julie Clark

First published 2025

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 1079 ratingsConfidence 30%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#28 of 199 in Thriller ahead of 86% of the category

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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.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.1 across 79 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 30% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.179 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “This was a fun little trip for sure, I really enjoyed the mystery with all of its twists and turns, kept me on my feet and kept me wondering on what the solution really was, but towards the end it became pretty obvious, which isn't a problem, just made the last bit into me being on the edge of my seat if it'll twist it one last time and then it didn't xD”

    ★ 4/5Neniko95 on Hardcover

Frequently asked

What is The Ghostwriter rated?

7.8 out of 10, from 79 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.

Is The Ghostwriter worth reading?

Readers give it 7.8/10 from 79 ratings, which puts it ahead of 86 % of the Thriller shelf.

Where does The Ghostwriter rank?

#28 in Thriller on the current snapshot.

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