Ghostwright

by Michael Cadnum

Hamilton Speke is a successful playwright and composer—an extraordinary creative force. He lives and works on an estate south of San Francisco, secure in a woodland sanctuary where, to his surprise, he receives a visitor from his past, an old friend and former partner. Then everything changed. Speke’s life of celebrity and vision is ruptured by bloodshed and insanity, in a world where it’s revealed that no one, and no career, is far from danger.

373 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 13, 2015

About the author

Michael Cadnum has had a number of jobs over the course of his life, including pick-and-shoveler for the York Archaeological Trust, in York, England, and substitute teacher in Oakland, California, but his true calling is writing. He is the author of thirty-five books, including the National Book Award finalist The Book of the Lion. His Calling Home and Breaking the Fall were both nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is a former Creative Writing Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts. Also a poet, he has received several awards, including Poetry Northwest's Helen Bullis Prize and the Owl Creek Book Award. Michael lives in Albany, California, with his wife Sherina.

Reviews

[Tamara aka SoMysteriousLee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a trip. Took me awhile to finish it, not because it didn't hold my interest, but because it was worth savoring. Twists and turns, cat and mouse, creepy, bizarre and yet poetic and colorful. The whole story was constantly evolving, taking unexpected turns from the past to the present, with an antagonist who is one of the creepiest personalities I've encountered. Not a gore fest though sprinkled with a touch, mostly just atmosphere done with such beauty it kept me going hmmm, what next, who next, and most of all, WHY? I'll be reading this one again.

[Joni · Rating 4 out of 5]

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