But after this promising setup, the plot follows predictable lines to a conclusion that genre fans have seen before. Despite Mercer's initial misgivings about functioning as a spy, she agrees to return to Camino Island and insinuate herself into its literary community as a precursor to gaining Bruce's confidence and determining whether he has the stolen goods. Mercer grew up spending summers on Florida's Camino Island, where Donna Watson, the shadowy insurance company representative, believes the stolen manuscripts are she thinks they're in the possession of Bruce Cable, who runs a successful independent bookstore there. The university's insurance company, liable for millions, reaches out to unemployed academic and struggling writer Mercer Mann, who has just lost her position at the University of North Carolina and is in desperate financial straits. A sophisticated gang pulls off the theft after faking a campus shooting that causes widespread panic. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton are the best part of this thriller from bestseller Grisham (The Whistler). However, I’m not sure if this novel’s Camino Island, filled as it is with writers, is Grisham’s idea of “This Side of Paradise” or if he considers the writers to be “The Beautiful and Damned.The opening chapters detailing an elaborate scheme to steal five F. There is a lot of talk of bookselling, publishing, and writing, with references to numerous. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist. For those who love books, Camino Island will definitely appeal. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist. a fast-moving, entertaining tale.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. I remember really getting into his books during high school, a time when I was finding my own way as a reader. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A delightfully lighthearted caper. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from the Princeton University library by a gang of thieves. It tells the story of the theft of priceless F. John Grisham holds a special place on my bookshelf. Camino Island is John Grisham’s much-anticipated 30th novel. Grisham reveals an amiable, sardonic edge here that makes Camino Island a most agreeable summer destination. A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton Universitys Firestone Library. '.everything I want from a summer read.' Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2022. “Camino Island” makes a fine beach read no matter what island you end up on this summer. Praise for Camino Island A happy lark that provides the pleasure of a leisurely jaunt periodically jolted into high gear, just for the fun and speed of it.-The New York Times Book Review Sheer catnip. As Mann looks for the books and comes to terms with her grandmother’s passing, she discovers a town filled with successful and failed writers, from romance novelists to struggling literary fiction authors, some with drinking problems, others brimming with the latest gossip.Īs the fate of the lost manuscripts is revealed page by page, the action pivots among Mann, Cable and the thieves until all is revealed. Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Foster For the Times-Union Welcome back to Northeast Florida, Mr. Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happeneven a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime. She’s soon recruited by an outfit working for the insurance company as the perfect sleuth to suss out the fate of the manuscripts - she spent much of her youth on Camino Island with her grandmother, who died tragically. CAMINO ISLAND Author: John Grisham Data: Doubleday, 304 pages, 28.95 By C.F. Next we meet Mercer Mann, a novelist who cannot get her new book going and has recently lost her teaching job at the University of North Carolina. Could he somehow be involved in the Princeton theft? The reader is introduced to Bruce Cable, an outgoing and popular bookstore owner in the town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island, Florida, who just happens to make the occasional black market deal for stolen books - and who has a penchant for seersucker suits. I am not good with words, but here one of the review from the goodreads: I loved this book. After the successful caper turns sour - a few of the crew are quickly nabbed by the feds - the story moves south with an abrupt turn.
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