Camino Island: A Novel

John Grisham

Jun 2017 · Camino Book 1 · Sold by Anchor

About this ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightfully lighthearted caper . . . [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. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist.
        
Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in unsavory ventures.
     
Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous monetary offer convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Cable’s circle of literary friends, to get close to the ringleader, to discover his secrets.

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Ratings and reviews

I've been reading John Grisham for many years. He's by far my favorite author! I felt this plot had so much potential and I enjoyed the first half of the story; but, I felt the typical Grisham twist/climax didnt present itself as well... But, it was still an enjoyable quick read with an interesting plot.

One to pass by I will say that I am a John Grisham fan and have read all of his books but one, and it also was not a legal thriller. This one wasn't even in the same ballpark as his other non- legal thrillers. Some of the more recent legal books haven't been as good as his earlier works, but still far better than Camino Island. In this case, it seemed like a completely different author wrote this book. It had none of his usual suspense, and too many characters who really had nothing to do with or for the story. The ending was terrible and completely disjointed, and based on what happens in the book with the female lead, not even believable that she would end up where she did, or get the visit that she did. This book was almost like Mr. Grisham either got bored with his legal thrillers, or just had a deadline he had to meet. I would hope he isn't thinking of branching off into this type of genre, he should stick to what he does best, or just take a break for a bit instead of cranking out a book like this which again seems like it shouldn't even bear his name. In the meantime, I would suggest that fans just let this one pass by, and as always that us is the truth.

It was a solid read, not his usual courtroom legal thriller....a much slower paced book that was great for a summer beach book. Grisham takes detours from time to time (a Painted House, Playing For Pizza), and while this book doesn't stray as far as those did, it's still a departure....a good one in my opinion.

About the author

John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.
 
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
 
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
 
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.