The Ghost by Robert Harris

The Ghost by Robert Harris is a contemporary political thriller with fascinating insights into publishing industry. 

I listened the audio book version the other day while running and I just couldn't stop before the end.

"...once he started talking there was never any question I wouldn't listen, and by the time he had finished, I was done for."

This is one of those thrillers which improve if you enjoy speculating how much of this could have happened in reality.

There seems to be a film in production, starring Pierce Brosnan and directed by Roman Polanski.