The Ghost

by Marc Olden

When Ross, a 33-year-old female cop, goes on an undercover operation, she is followed by her deep cover cop or 'ghost' whose identity isn't known to other undercover members of the unit. Harry Earles is there to protect her under all circumstances. They seem to make a good team, Ross with her instincts and the Ghost with his experience. But Harry is a psychopath who starts to stalk her. When Harry discovers that Ross has a terrible secret hidden in her past he threatens to use it against her and Ross is left to battle against Harry alone...

Genres: Mystery

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Marc Olden (1933–2003) was the author of forty mystery and suspense novels. Born in Baltimore, he began writing while working in New York as a Broadway publicist. His first book, Angela Davis (1973), was a nonfiction study of the controversial Black Panther. In 1973 he also published Narc, under the name Robert Hawke, beginning a hard-boiled nine-book series about a federal narcotics agent.

A year later, Black Samurai introduced Robert Sand, a martial arts expert who becomes the first non-Japanese student of a samurai master. Based on Olden’s own interest in martial arts, which led him to the advanced ranks of karate and aikido, the novel spawned a successful eight-book series. Olden continued writing for the next three decades, often drawing on his fascination with Japanese culture and history.

Reviews

[Suresh Vijendran · Rating 4 out of 5]

The start was a little slow, the pace started picking up after 50% of the book was completed.

It also became easy to guess, who is the stalker with enough clues provided by the author.

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

"You" in older times.

[Rick McNeely · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible. Clumsily written, worse plotting, cardboard characters. Anyone can write a Stalker Mystery. Big woop. Why did I finish this?

[Irinel Finco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in his usual style, a bit irreverent , I could not put it down.