The ghostwriter passes a note to Ruth that reveals his discovery. Going through the manuscript in a back room, the ghostwriter discovers that McAra wrote the truth by using the first few words of the beginnings of the first few chapters, which spell out, "Lang's wife Ruth was recruited as a CIA agent by Professor Paul Emmett of Harvard University." He concludes that Ruth ensured that every decision Lang made as Prime Minister directly benefited the US. While going through the original manuscript, he learns that it was suspected of being a security risk and that the truth was in the beginnings. The ghostwriter is asked to complete the book for posthumous publication.Īt the book's launch party in London, the ghostwriter learns from Amelia that Emmett, who is in attendance, was Ruth's tutor when she was at Harvard University. When the plane lands, Lang is assassinated by a man, who is armed with a rifle and had a son who died "in one of Lang's illegal wars." The assassin is shot dead by Lang's bodyguards. Armed with the evidence, the ghostwriter confronts Lang and accuses him of being a CIA agent recruited by Emmett, which Lang angrily denies. The ghostwriter is contacted by Lang, who is returning from Washington on his private jet and offers him a lift, which Rycart insists he accept to avoid suspicion. The ghostwriter discusses Emmett's relationship with Lang, and Rycart recounts how Lang's decisions as Prime Minister uniformly benefited US interests. The men cannot, however, find anything in the early pages. Rycart claims that McAra found new evidence, which he wrote about in the "beginnings" of the manuscript. Rycart reveals that McAra gave him documents linking Lang to so-called "torture flights" in which terrorist suspects were placed on private jets to be tortured while airborne. The ghostwriter researches links between Emmett and a military contractor as well as the CIA. With no one else to turn to, the ghostwriter asks Rycart for help. When they follow him onto the ferry, he jumps off as it is leaving the dock and checks into a nearby hotel. Someone follows the ghostwriter on the way back to Martha’s Vineyard, and he tries to escape on the ferry. When the ghostwriter tells Emmett the sat nav proves that McAra visited him the night he died, Emmett denies meeting McAra and becomes evasive. The car takes the ghostwriter to the Belmont, Massachusetts, home of Professor Paul Emmett.Įmmett denies anything more than a cursory acquaintance with Lang, despite several pictures of the pair together.
The ghostwriter takes McAra's car with the intent of returning to his hotel, but he follows the pre-programmed directions on the car's sat nav instead. Ruth and the ghostwriter have a one-night stand. When she returns, she tells him that Lang and McAra argued the night before his death over something. That alarms Ruth, who rushes outside to clear her head. Ruth and the ghostwriter have dinner together while Lang is away and the ghostwriter explains his discoveries about McAra. While out cycling in the rain, the ghostwriter speaks to a local elderly man and learns that the current could not have carried McAra's body to the site on the beach at which it was found, and a local woman saw flashlights on the beach the night it was found but later fell down the stairs and is now in a coma, which indicates that someone planted the body there. The ghostwriter calls the number and discovers that it belongs to Rycart. The ghostwriter finds an envelope containing photographs and a phone number in McAra's old room. While Lang is in Washington, DC, the ICC announce the beginning of an investigation into the accusations. Lang faces prosecution by the International Criminal Court unless he stays in the United States (which doesn't recognize the ICC's jurisdiction). The former British Foreign Secretary Richard Rycart accuses Lang of authorizing the forcible abduction of suspected terrorists, a possible war crime. Originally staying at a hotel, the ghostwriter is relocated to Lang's estate when the media descend on the island after learning of Lang's presence there.
The ghostwriter travels to Old Haven on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where Lang and his wife Ruth are staying with Lang's aides, including Amelia Bly. The ghostwriter’s predecessor and Lang's aide, Mike McAra, has recently died in a drowning accident. to complete the autobiography of the former British Prime Minister Adam Lang. ( July 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī ghostwriter is hired by the publishing firm Rhinehart, Inc. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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