The Perfect Ghost: A Novel Paperback 1250036984 9781250036988 Linda Barnes

from howifeelaboutbooks

Em Moore is half of the ghostwriting team T. E. Blakemore - the writing half, since she's agoraphobic. Teddy was the other half, the interviewer, the face and charm of the pseudonym. He had been Em's professor, and then became her lover, partner, and caregiver. But he dies in a car wreck halfway ...

from jsamaha

This is the first novel that I've read by mystery writer, Linda Barnes. As a sufferer of panic attacks and agoraphobia, main protagonist, Em, is content to be the silent half of a biographical ghost writing team. When her writing partner, Teddy, is killed in a car accident, she must make the choi...

from dd196406

Really good mystery that kept me guessing until the end. Interesting, flawed characters and none of them are quite what they seem. Highly recommended.

from Meredy

Linda Barnes is best known for her Boston-based detective series featuring Carlotta Carlyle. The Perfect Ghost is a nice detour for her. Her work is not highly literary, so it's never going to get four and a half or five stars from me, but I consider three and a half a very solid, respectable rat...

from jo2son

Shy, withdrawn Em Moore was one half of a biography team until her partner, Teddy, dies under mysterious circumstances. Em makes the difficult decision to finish Garrett Malcolm's biography on her own. Bit by bit, the author reveals what actually happened. At times it was difficult to follow the ...