The Ghostwriter: A Novel by Julie ClarkMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Estranged from her father, believed by many to have murdered his brother and sister fifty years ago, Olivia Dumont's literary agent offers her the opportunity to be the ghostwriter of his memoir. Hesitant,but desperate for money having lost a lawsuit brought against her by another ghostwriter, and in danger of losing her home, she accepts the offer. Upon her arrival in Ojai, California, her hometown and its memories that she's avoided for thirty years, she finds that famous author, Vincent Taylor, is suffering from Lewy body dementia. How will the condition affect the clarity of his memory? What secrets will she learn about her family and how accurate will they be? Will she learn why her mother left the two of them or why her father sent her away to school at the age of fourteen? Will the truth about the murders finally be revealed?
Lots of twists and turns, surprises and multiple viewpoints of events keeps the story going at a rapid and engrossing clip!
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