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Camino Ghosts
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out.
Look for John Grisham's forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn't the end of the story.
Mercer Mann, a popular writer from Camino Island, is back on the beach, marrying her boyfriend, Thomas, in a seaside ceremony. Bruce Cable, infamous owner of Bay Books, performs the wedding. Afterward, Bruce tells Mercer that he has stumbled upon an incredible story. Mercer desperately needs an idea for her next novel, and Bruce now has one.
The true story is about Dark Isle, a sliver of a barrier island not far off the North Florida coast. It was settled by freed slaves three hundred years ago, and their descendants lived there until 1955, when the last one was forced to leave. That last descendant is Lovely Jackson, elderly now, who loves her birthplace and its remarkable history. But now Tidal Breeze, a huge, ruthless corporate developer, wants to build a resort and casino on the island, which Lovely knows, deep down, is rightfully hers.
Mercer befriends Lovely, and they plunge into an enormous fight over who owns Dark Isle, taking on Tidal Breeze Corporation, its lawyers, lobbyists, and powerful Florida politicians. But Lovely knows something about the island that could seriously cloud the dollar signs in the developer's eyes: the island is cursed. It has remained uninhabited for nearly a century for some very real and very troubling reasons. The deep secrets of the past are about to collide with the enormous ambitions of the present, and the fate of Dark Isle--and Camino Island, too--hangs in the balance.
Look for all of John Grisham's rollicking Camino novels:
Camino Island
Camino Winds
Camino Ghosts
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780385545990
EAN:
9780385545990
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
304
Authors:
John Grisham
Publisher:
Doubleday Books
Published Date: 2024-28-05
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Maybe a tiny bit better than Sooley. As far as entertainment value, it's pretty lame. 95% or more of it is a vehicle to preach to the reader on the evils of slavery in America.In a direct comparison to "A Time To Kill", it lacked almost all of the drama, character development, and suspense of the earlier book.I would not suggest it to a reader and would suggest that it's time for Grisham to retire rather than churn out anything similar. I still enjoy his earlier work but this one just doesn't stand up
When I read fiction, I am looking for escape from the unpleasantness of reality, and the beginning of this book was not that. However, I continued reading and I was pleased that I did because it's a very good read. In the end it's definitely an escape from reality because unlike reality it has a satisfying ending.
Great follow-up to Camino Winds
I am so glad I was this book. So enjoyable and heartwarming. Hard to put it down. I highly recommend it.
I finished this a couple months ago,,, another Grisham masterpiece... When will the movie come out?
