Camino Ghosts, John Grisham
Camino Ghosts, John Grisham
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Camino Ghosts

Bestseller

Author: John Grisham

Series: Camino #3

Narrator: Whoopi Goldberg, John Grisham

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Escape to Camino Island, where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise.

Don’t miss Framed, John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, and look for his upcoming novel, The Widow!

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

About John Grisham

John Ray Grisham, Jr. was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and later from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He was a practicing criminal attorney for over ten years and then served in the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. He published his first novel in 1989 after working on it for five years. ‘A Time to Kill’, his first novel, launched his new career and was later made into a major motion picture. His first bestseller, ‘The Firm’, released in 1991, sold over seven million copies and was made into a box office hit starring Tom Cruise two years later. Almost twenty years later in 2012, a TV series was launched and picks up the life of Mitch McDeere and his family ten years after the events of the novel.

John Grisham has had his novels translated into more than forty languages and has sold nearly 300 million copies worldwide. He is a winner of the prestigious Galaxy British Book Award and is one of only three authors (the other two being Tom Clancy and J.K. Rowling) to ever sell two million copies of a first published novel. Nine of his novels (including ‘The Firm and ‘A Time to Kill’ have been made into major motion pictures.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on August 17, 2024

As I was reading this book, I couldn’t help but be reminded of one of my favorite leadership quotes by Margaret Mead… “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Even more so, how powerful one voice can be. And, ho......more

Goodreads review by Diane on August 27, 2024

Okay read! The clone of J. Grisham wrote this series because i've always enjoyed John Grisham's legal thrillers and this/these are not even close --- with the way he usually tell his plotlines.......more

Goodreads review by NILTON on June 04, 2024

I did read this book during a flight from Toronto to Tokyo. It’s a fast read. Good premise but I thought it was written in a rush and the writing was very repetitive, and I was also totally detached from the characters, so I’m giving it 3 stars. I will come back later to add a proper review (or not). I......more

Goodreads review by John on June 01, 2024

While the Camino books are generally recognized as pleasant diversions from the Grisham Legal Factory, this volume is even more of a piffle than the others. There isn't a shred of surprise in any events that take place, and apart from the character of Lovely, there isn't a single person worth caring......more

Goodreads review by Darrell on May 31, 2024

It was boring. Kept waiting for something to happen and nothing did. Kind of disappointing for a Grisham novel......more


Quotes

Praise for Camino Ghosts

“Light-hearted . . . The Camino books have felt like palate cleansers for Grisham, something fun to do before tackling the weightier issues that usually form the backbone of books such as The Client. . . . Grisham makes sure the book moves like the winds that buffet his fictional island.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune


Praise for the Camino Island series

“A fresh, fun departure . . . sheer catnip . . . a most agreeable summer destination.”USA Today
 
“The type of wild but smart caper that Grisham’s readers love.”—Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing

“A happy lark [that] provides the pleasure of a leisurely jaunt periodically jolted into high gear, just for the fun and speed of it.”The New York Times Book Review

“Escapist entertainment . . . with elements of a more traditional Grisham thriller.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times


Praise for John Grisham

“The best thriller writer alive.”—Ken Follett