H.H. Willoughby is a forger by profession, and he wants to write his
memoir. To do this, he needs a ghostwriter so he engages Nell Bane.
Willoughby is an endearing fellow-charming and engaging-but their
partnership carries Nell to the limits of the law and causes her to
wonder if she is aiding and abetting a criminal. Furthermore, the
ominous presence of Willoughby's accomplice, Woodford Stone, haunts Nell
and foreshadows trouble as the novel's action moves through museums,
studios and art galleries. In The Ghost and the Forger, all the elements
of a Nell Bane novel come into play: psychology, ethics and intrigue.