“Thank God for The Real Book Spy, without him the thriller world would be in total chaos. 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. The more recent output from John Grisham has been pretty hit or miss, but I was happy to discover that Camino Island is a hit. Paid a hefty sum to go undercover, Mercer’s goal is to get close enough to Cable to learn about his illegal dealings. 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. I’ve mentioned a few times already that John Grisham is one of those writers who I fall back on if in need of a decent, but no too challenging entertainment. The first one was The Winner by David Baldacci. Cable, though, has also–very quietly–been known to move stolen products from his store on Camino Island. On NovemBy bookskeptic In Reviews Another victim of my Cyprus holiday streak of crime/thriller reading. 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. How they go about achieving that goal, though, is quite different. Scott Fitzgerald’s original handwritten manuscripts, including The Great Gatsby, from the Firestone. Together, they planned, and executed, the nearly perfect heist of several of F. Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed planned the perfect crime. Though their motives are different, they want the same thing that the FBI wants–to find the robbers and recover the manuscripts. Book Review: Camino Island by John Grisham. Also on the case is a security firm hired by the company who insured Princeton University’s rare collection for up to $25 million. In the aftermath of the robbery, the FBI begins their investigation with few leads to go on. 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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