![]() His next novel, The Firm, spent 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and became the bestselling novel of 1991. ![]() every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. One day, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade, specialising in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. 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. 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. 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. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. 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. 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. Whoever had the manuscripts would want money, and a lot of it. Tips that had at first seemed urgent now faded away. 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 ![]() ![]() Now it falls to struggling writer Mercer Mann to crack a case that has thwarted the FBI's finest minds. *** 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. ![]()
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