The Ghostwriter

By Julie Clark
** Publication Date 3 June 2025 **
5 stars


Dementia is a horrible disease that takes away one’s memories. Sometimes the older memories are more fresh than what one ate for lunch. Regardless, at a certain point, everything is distorted or starts to vanish.


Olivia Dumont is a ghostwriter. Known for her ability to take on the life of the person she is writing for, she has written best selling memoirs for famous people. Until she decides to take on a male ghostwriter at a conference and on social media. Suddenly her career is pretty much over. She’s going to lose everything.


Her agent calls with an assignment, though it’s one that Olivia is reluctant to take. Vincent Taylor is known for writing spectacular horror novels. He has personally requested Olivia to collaborate, as a ghostwriter, on his next novel. Olivia is shocked that he’s chosen her, of all people. She truly needs the job, because it comes with a hefty salary. Only Vincent Taylor, unbeknownst to almost everyone, is her father.


What follows is an amazing story of family and tragedy. The atmosphere of the 1970s when Vincent was a teenager is spot on. The characters are so well developed. The story is progressed through current events and 1975 seamlessly. I never was once confused about the timeline. 


I really loved this one. Great premise and storytelling.