The Ghost

**PRE-ORDER AGRIPPA NOW: THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, COMING AUGUST 2026**<BR><BR>THE WORLD'S GREATEST CONSPIRACY THEORY IS ABOUT TO BE EXPOSED.<BR><BR>'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH<BR>'Guaranteed to keep you awake' THE TIMES<BR><BR>A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America's most exclusive holiday retreat. But it's no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security.<BR><BR>For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet - Britain's former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs - he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life.<BR><BR>When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue - from which there will be no escape . . .<BR><BR>'Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion' ECONOMIST<BR>'Truly gripping' SUNDAY TIMES