Camino Island (2017), the prequel to Camino Winds, showed his readiness to abandon his legal thriller blueprint and instead pursue a heist plot: priceless manuscripts stolen from an Ivy League university, a maelstrom of criminals, murder, and insurance, centring around a shrewd but flawed protagonist, Bruce Cable, the proprietor of Bay Books on the upmarket resort island. It’s one of his great strengths: he is never formulaic. Still, even while something serious and thought-provoking lies at their heart, Grisham’s novels remain suspenseful and entertaining. It confirmed the impression that, under the guise of expertly judged, suspenseful entertainment, Grisham is a serious social critic. The Guardians (2019), for instance, the novel that precedes Camino Winds, examines corruption from the point of view of wrongful imprisonment in America. Gripping, compelling and pacy, this exceptional thriller from international bestseller John Grisham is the perfect escapist read this summer.Scores of popular authors have had other professional lives which they mine for verisimilitude, and so with Grisham: a significant proportion of his novels (forty-four in all now) have made superbly imaginative use of his legal and political background. And somewhere on Nelson's computer is the manuscript of his new novel - could the key to the case be right there, in black and white? Bruce starts to look into it and what he finds between the lines is more shocking than any of Nelson's plot twists - and far more dangerous. Bruce begins to wonder if the shady characters in Nelson's novels were more fact than fiction.
Who would want Nelson dead? The local police are overwhelmed with the aftermath of the storm and in no condition to handle the case. But evidence suggests that the storm wasn't the cause of Nelson's death - he had received several mysterious blows to the head. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce's who wrote timely political thrillers. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are levelled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people are killed. Amongst them is Bruce Cable, proprietor of Bay Books in downtown Santa Rosa.
Most residents flee but a small group of diehards decide to ride it out. When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida's Camino Island, the Governor is quick to issue an evacuation order. Is a Perfect Storm the Perfect Time for a Murder? The Sunday Times bestseller from international bestseller John Grisham.
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