Harwood, John. The Ghost Writer (Orlando: Harcourt, c2004) 369 p.

Gerard Freeman grows up in Mawson, Australia with his mother. Eventually he earns a library science degree from Mawson University College. Gerard is curious about his family about which his mother tells him nothing. He finds stories written by his great-grandmother Viola. One of them takes place in the British Museum Reading Room. Gerard goes to London and researches at the British Library and elsewhere. It just gets creepier and creepier.