Was he killed because of something that was in it? Camino Island is hit hard — and Nelson Kerr, the lawyer-turned-thriller writer, shows up dead.Nelson had an unfinished book. This is a Camino book with elements of a more traditional Grisham thriller thrown in.Mercer, who was a fledgling author in “Camino Island,” is now a literary and commercial success. A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. The “brooding poet” who never sells books is advised to write something raunchier under another name. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.Three years ago, John Grisham came up with a new formula for success. After your last book I felt I’d been gang-raped.” (In this crowd, that’s a compliment.) This would be a good beach read but I don't think it is good for a book discussion.Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides.© 2003 - 2017 BookMovement, LLC.

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. The ex-con is teased about his subject matter: “Please, Bob,” someone says. There’s only so much time he can devote to having Bruce and his friends clear debris, after all, so over the course of the yearlong narrative he finds reasons to send them to hotels and meals elsewhere. In the midst of all this, Bruce, the prison writer Bob and Nick Sutton, a college kid who works summers in the bookstore, start their detective work. So readers may be glad to know that a sequel has arrived, although its tone isn’t nearly as light.

Novel #30: Camino Island. 6 members reading this now 38 clubs reading this now 7 members have read this book. I certainly did reading it. He starts saying things like “Just what I suspected” almost immediately.Mercer fades into the background.


We get full Southern hospitality in this early scene, from Bruce’s “magazine quality” table settings and candelabras to the menu to the chatter.The biggest earner, who writes books about young vampires, is a bore about her movie. Tourists are gone and businesses are struggling. Our Reading Guide for Camino Island by John Grisham includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio. And Mercer’s new two-book deal is envied but celebrated.Then, with the literary chatter behind him, Grisham brings on the hurricane and the real story. The stunt is so ingenious it’s impossible not to find yourself on the side of the crooks, rooting for them to pull it off. Camino Island will recover, but during most of the book it’s a shadow of its carefree old self. I found the book slow, too involved with what book writers think and go through when trying to. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars.Camino Island is a great place to read a good book.

Membership is free & gives you access to book giveaways, author chats & your private, free book club page.A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. If “Camino Winds” is breezy, that’s mostly because its plot involves a ferocious hurricane. This is a fun story with all sorts of twists and turns This was a fast, fun read. And to his credit, he doesn’t entirely jettison the vacation mentality here, even if Camino itself is sidelined by disaster.
The novel opens with a dinner party celebrating the end of her 34-stop book tour, which naturally brings her to Bruce Cable’s renowned Bay Books. Some of it seemed a bit off, some characters didn't seem real. But the island, the bookstore and the heroine were the first book’s main attractions, if only for their novelty in the Grishamverse. Camino Island will recover, but during most of the book it’s a shadow of its carefree old self. Readers’ questions about Camino Island (Camino Island #1). Recommended to book clubs by 1 of 4 members . Come to think of it, “Camino Winds” is right for this moment after all.John Grisham Returns to Camino Island, This Time in Hurricane Season The jury is still deciding if I enjoyed this. Book Reviews If parts of Camino Island feel like Grisham phoned it in, the bulk of it makes you think the author had a rip-snorting time writing it. It has nothing to do with Camino or the bookstore and is more like the for-profit law school scam found in Grisham’s last legal thriller, “Grisham knows how to tell stories like that.

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