When a successful British ghost writer, THE GHOST, agrees to complete  the memoirs of former British Prime Minister ADAM LANG, his agent  assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems  doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project,  Lang’s long—term aide, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies  out to work on the project, in the middle of winter, to an oceanfront  house on an island off the U.S. Eastern seaboard. But the day ...

