![]() She tells Mercer that they need someone to take a look at a man named Bruce Cable, a known rare books dealer on Camino Island in Florida. The woman who approached Mercer claims to work for the investigative department of the insurance company that is paying out on the books. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts, which were insured for $25 million. It has been months since a notorious heist has been in the newspapers – the Firestone Library at Princeton lost five rare F. The novel begins when Mercer Mann, an aspiring young novelist and out of work adjunct professor recently laid off from her teaching job, is approached by a mysterious woman. Mann is hired by a mysterious woman to track down the inner circle of a book dealer on Camino Island in Florida, whose sleepy resort town bookstore might be a front for more nefarious black market dealings. Though Princeton claims to have sent out an elite team to track down the manuscripts, the book follows main character Mercer Mann, an out of work novelist with writer's block who is desperate for purpose in her life. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from the Firestone Library at Princeton University. ![]() It follows an investigation into the heist of five rare F. He still serves as its Commissioner.Camino Island is a mystery novel by best-selling author John Grisham. A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, he lives on a farm in central Virginia, around the corner from the youth baseball complex he built in 1996. Much of his recent fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice systems. When he's not writing, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize For Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award For Fiction. ![]() His lone work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries. An avid sports fan, he has written two novels about football, one about baseball, and in 2021 he published Sooley, a story set in the world of college basketball. His Theodore Boone series for young readers is now in development at Netflix. Ten have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time To Kill. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. 'Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch' - The Timesģ50+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:īeginning with The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published at least one #1 bestseller every year. '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 ![]() 'A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character' - The Sunday Times Now it falls to struggling writer Mercer Mann to crack a case that has thwarted the FBI's finest minds. 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. The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University. *** The Sunday Times 'Thriller of the Month', Mail on Sunday 'Thriller of the Week' and Sun 'Best for Mystery-Lovers'*** ![]()
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