How to Seduce a Ghost (Lee Bartholomew Ghost Writer 1) - Hardcover

Hope McIntyre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749907525 ISBN 13: 9780749907525

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2005

Synopsis

Although she loves her boyfriend Tommy, Lee is suffering from commitment phobia because, as a ghost-writer, she values her solitude and privacy above all else...and she can't bear his mess. At the same time, she doesn't really like living alone in a big, creaky old house in Notting Hill, especially when a neighbour is killed in a fire and it looks like arson. When Lee meets her latest subject's smoulderingly sexy manager, she finds herself compulsively attracted to him, but then there is a second fire and another murder. Could it be that Lee herself is in danger?

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About the Author

I never imagined for one second that I would ever have a book - any book, let alone a crime novel - published for the simple reason that I am seriously lacking in education. I only went to school for three years, and until recently I had an inferiority complex about this. Now I feel like saying Listen, if I can do it - and I've had ten books published - anybody can!

From Booklist

*Starred Review* Its flippant title aside, this sparkling debut is a winner all the way. It stars Londoner Lee Bartholomew, one of the most engaging protagonists to come along in ages. As clueless about love as Bridget Jones and as filled with neuroses as Inspector Morse, Lee barely survives each day without some new calamity threatening to destroy her world. Her vulnerabilities make her all the more lovable, both to readers and to the two very different men in her life: dependable long-term boyfriend Tommy and the dashing and dangerous Buzz Kempinski. In this adventure, Lee, who works as a ghostwriter, agrees to work with soap-star Selma Walker on a tell-all book, but she is distracted by a series of mysterious fires in her colorful Notting Hill neighborhood. Meanwhile, Lee can't seem to put out the fire between her and Buzz, Selma's manager. Colorful characters populate the book, from Lee's zany mother to her saucy young boarder. The pseudonymous McIntyre knows exactly how to temper the wacky parts of her story with more serious bits, balancing the whole stew perfectly. Both hilarious and heart wrenching, this beguiling mix of chick lit and hip thriller--Helen Fielding meets Janet Evanovich--is the must-read of the crime-fiction fall season. Jenny McLarin
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Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749907525
• ISBN 13: 9780749907525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400