Camino Island (the Sizzling Crime Thriller From The Number 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author)
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The sensational Sunday Times bestselling thriller from international bestselling author John Grisham.
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***The Sunday Times ''Thriller of the Month'', Mail on Sunday ''Thriller of the Week'' and Sun ''Best for Mystery-Lovers''***
Someone is about to make a killing
The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University.
Valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless) the five manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald''s only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace.
Now it falls to struggling writer Mercer Mann to crack a case that has thwarted the FBI''s finest minds.
Praise for Camino Island
''A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character'' - The Sunday Times
''The gripping plot will have you devouring the chapters in such a frantic fashion you''ll begin to wonder if you are somehow complicit in this perfect crime'' - Heat
''Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch'' - The Times
350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:
NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
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A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character
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The gripping plot will have you devouring the chapters in such a frantic fashion you''ll begin to wonder if you are somehow complicit in this perfect crime
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This story take you into the dark underworld of the black market for rare books. Think Da Vinci Code meets Sherlock Holmes
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Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch.
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It''s not often that bookish readers are a thriller''s target audience so this one is very welcome.
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Every now and then Grisham tries something new. This year he hit a bull''s-eye with a beach book featuring a bunch of writers, not a bunch of lawyers. There''s a huge sense of fun to this little experiment
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In both of these irresistible reads Grisham introduces readers to memorable characters whom he capably brings to life
Biographical note:
Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill. His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honoured with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
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The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University.
Valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless) the five manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald''s only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace.
Now it falls to struggling writer Mercer Mann to crack a cas