The car takes the Ghost to the Belmont, Massachusetts, home of Professor Paul Emmett ( Tom Wilkinson).Įmmett denies anything more than a cursory acquaintance with Lang, despite several pictures of the pair together. The Ghost takes McAra's car with the intent of returning to his hotel, but he follows the pre-programmed directions on the car's sat nav instead. Ruth and the Ghost have a one-night stand. When she returns, she tells him that Lang and McAra argued the night before his death over something. That alarms Ruth, who rushes outside to clear her head. Ruth and The Ghost have dinner together while Lang is away and The Ghost explains his discoveries about McAra.
While out cycling in the rain, The Ghost speaks to a local elderly man and learns that the current could not have carried McAra's body to the site on the beach at which it was found, and a local women saw flashlights on the beach the night it was found but later fell down the stairs and is now in a coma, which indicates that someone planted the body there. The Ghost calls the number and discovers that it belongs to Rycart. The Ghost finds an envelope containing photographs and a phone number in McAra's old room. While Lang is in Washington, DC, the ICC announce the beginning of an investigation into the accusations. Lang faces prosecution by the International Criminal Court unless he stays in the United States.
The former British Foreign Secretary Richard Rycart ( Robert Pugh) accuses Lang of authorizing the forcible abduction of suspected terrorists, a possible war crime. Originally staying at a hotel, The Ghost is relocated to Lang's estate when the media descend on the island since he has learned of Lang's presence there. The Ghost travels to Old Haven on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where Lang and his wife Ruth ( Olivia Williams) are staying. The Ghost's predecessor and Lang's aide, Mike McAra, has recently died in a drowning accident. A ghostwriter ( Ewan McGregor) is hired by a publishing firm to complete the autobiography of the former British Prime Minister Adam Lang ( Pierce Brosnan).