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Camino Island

The sizzling crime thriller from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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Camino Island

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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 All trails became dead-ends. Tips that had at first seemed urgent now faded away. The waiting game began. Whoever had the manuscripts would want money, and a lot of it. They would surface eventually, but where and when, and how much would they want?

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.

Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which puts Bruce Kable right on the FBI's Rare Asset Recovery Unit's watch list.

A struggling writer burdened by debts, Mercer Mann spent summers on Florida's idyllic Camino Island as a kid, in her grandmother's beach cottage. Now she is being made an offer she can't refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel - and get close to a certain infamous bookseller, and his interesting collection of manuscripts . . .

(P)2017 Random House Audio©2017 Belfry Holdings, Inc Crime Thrillers Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Espionage Crime Thriller Law Florida Mystery

Critic Reviews

A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character
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
This story take you into the dark underworld of the black market for rare books. Think Da Vinci Code meets Sherlock Holmes
Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch.
It's not often that bookish readers are a thriller's target audience so this one is very welcome.
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
In both of these irresistible reads Grisham introduces readers to memorable characters whom he capably brings to life
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It was an engaging story from the beginning, the characters were all credable and the other rode well.

The characters are all credable

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Great story, fantastic narrative. I love John's books and this does not disappoint at all.

Loved it

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Like all of John Grisham books, this is another great crime story but a bit different as it is more on the crime side than the legal side that he is usually known for. Like some of other of his stories, I am just a bit disappointed at the ending but overall not a bad story.

Great story on the crime side

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this is not one of his better books. a bit slow paced and almost stagnant at times. nevertheless an enjoyable book. the narration was fun to listen to.

still a good read

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Narration was good. The story was disappointing as was the plot. As a John Grisham fan I have to say this was the worst Grisham novel I have read.

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