![]() He makes his real money, though, as a prominent. “Thank God for The Real Book Spy, without him the thriller world would be in total chaos. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. The character development is strong, and Cable–the sharp-dressed bookstore owner–steals most of the scenes he appears in.īottom line, John Grisham’s Camino Islandis a fun, suspenseful novel that offers a compelling plot and nonstop surprises. The opening heist scene reads like something out of Oceans Eleven or The Thomas Crown Affair, hooking readers from the get-go. Grisham has always been at his best when his characters are in the courtroom, but this novel proves he can write just about anything–mixing various settings, topics, and characters. What starts out as a straightforward investigation takes one shocking turn after another, and Mercer ends up discovering far more than she bargained for. Paid a hefty sum to go undercover, Mercer’s goal is to get close enough to Cable to learn about his illegal dealings. of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: John Grisham. To get close to Cable, Mercer Mann–a down-on-her-luck author who hasn’t written a novel in years–is brought in to be the eyes on the inside. Grisham’s 30th novel, Camino Island, is a bit of a departure for the mega-best-selling author. Cable, though, has also–very quietly–been known to move stolen products from his store on Camino Island. While the FBI follows their own lead, the insurance investigators lock in on Bruce Cable, a well-known Florida-based bookstore owner who specializes in rare books and hard-to-find items. Reviews FICTION shop now bookshelf Awards & Accolades Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller IndieBound Bestseller CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham RELEASE DATE: JHow all these little threads join up is a pleasure for Grisham fans to behold: there’s nothing particularly surprising about. How they go about achieving that goal, though, is quite different. Though their motives are different, they want the same thing that the FBI wants–to find the robbers and recover the manuscripts. Also on the case is a security firm hired by the company who insured Princeton University’s rare collection for up to $25 million. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton’s Firestone Library by five cunning yet nerdy guys, well except the one psychopath, which goes south rather quickly after the heist, when the FBI discovers a small drop of blood left by one of the thieves. In the aftermath of the robbery, the FBI begins their investigation with few leads to go on. Camino Island is a novel about the theft of five original, hand-written F. ![]() ![]() Posing as grad students, a team of thieves follows their carefully laid-out plan, getting in and out–with the manuscripts–without a hitch. Scott Fitzgerald–which serves as the target for the burglars. Buried beneath the surface is a high-security vault that houses rare, priceless manuscripts from F. Kicking off his latest novel with a bang, Grisham opens with a beautifully choreographed heist that takes place at Princeton University’s Firestone Library. For his latest novel, John Grisham swaps out the courtroom for bookstores–delving into the world of stolen manuscripts and rare books in Camino Island. ![]()
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