![]() ![]() Here it’s Spokane, his hometown, circa 1909. The fact that the same author has written books as wildly different and all as transporting as The Zero (2006), The Financial Lives of the Poets (2009), Beautiful Ruins (2012), and now this latest tour de force is testimony to Walter’s protean storytelling power and astounding ability to set a scene, any scene. McDermott (1) Rachel Joyce (1) Richard Doetsch (1) Robert Galbraith (5) Robin Burcell (8) Robin Cook (3) Sam Cole (1) Sanjaya Kumar MD (1) Stephen Clark (2) Stephen Frey (10) Stephenie Meyer (1) Steve Berry (11) Steve Martini (6) Steven James (1) Sue Grafton (19) Susan Cobb Beck (1) Suzanne Collins (2) Thrillers (168) Vince Flynn (14) W.E.B.Irresistible hobo brothers, an evil tycoon, a pregnant union organizer, a burlesque star, and a shady private eye light up a tale of the great Northwest in the early 20th century. Tolkien (1) James Rollins (7) James Sheehan (2) Janet Evanovich (2) Jeffrey Stephens (1) John Gilstrap (3) John Grisham (23) John Lescroart (2) Jo Nesbo (11) Jon Land (5) Jordan Dane (2) Joseph Finder (7) Karen Harper (1) Karin Slaughter (3) Karna Small Bodman (1) Kathleen George (1) Kelli Stanley (8) Kristin Hannah (2) Kyle Mills (9) Larry Hite (1) Lee Child (2) Lev Grossman (1) Lewis Perdue (1) Lisa Jackson (3) Lisa Scottoline (6) Margaret Fenton (1) Marta Sprout (1) Mary Kennedy (1) Matthew Reilly (2) Matt Scott (1) Melinda Curtis (1) Michael Crichton (6) Michael Palmer (3) Michelle Gagnon (1) Mike Lawson (2) Mike Pihlman (4) Most Viewed Book Reviews (4) Naomi Novik (7) Nasty Woman Press (5) Nate Kenyon (2) Nook (6) NPR Fiction Bestsellers (5) off your boss (42) Patricia Gussin (1) pendragon (10) Perri O'Shaughnessy (2) R.E. Martin (5) Glenn Kaplan (1) Gregg Hurwitz (11) J.A. Scott Fitzgerald (1) Gayle Forman (1) Gayle Lynds (3) George R.R. Walker (1) Diane Stanley (1) Elizabeth Blake (2) Eric Van Lustbader (1) F. Box (33) Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1) Carole Lawrence (4) Carolyn Haines (1) Christopher Reich (1) Clive Cussler (8) Colin Cotterill (2) Culley Holderfield (1) D.J.MacHale (11) Dan Brown (3) David Baldacci (34) David J. I love books about books, and I love the inside look (hey this is John Grisham) at writers, manuscripts, first edition books, etc.Īlexandra Penney (1) Andrew Britton (1) Andrew Peterson (3) Anne Rice (2) Barry Eisler (20) Blaze Recommends (17) Brad Meltzer (7) Brad Thor (10) Bram Stoker (1) C.E. “Camino Island” is a fantastic read! I could not put it down. ![]() Mercer then…….oh, sorry, you will have to read the book to see what happens. Her company will pay off all her debts and pay her $100,000 for six months work writing her novel on Camino Island….where Mercer’s family owns a cottage and Mercer spent every summer with her Grandmother.Īll she had to do was to “infiltrate” the writing community on Camino Island and get in good with Bay Books owner, Bruce Cable, who the FBI suspects has the Fitzgerald manuscripts. Then, Elaine Shelby came into her life with an offer that Mercer could hardly decline. She desperately wanted to finish her novel (she already had one published, and it was very good), but, she needed to work. Mercer is deep in debt (school loans), and now, without a job, her short term prospects are bleak. Mercer Mann was losing her teaching job at the University of North Carolina due to budget cuts (taxes do pay for stuff and the Republicans in charge had made deep cuts). Upon hearing this, Ahmed fled the country, Denny killed Trey, then sold the manuscripts for a meager one-half million on the black market and then….disappeared. The celebration was short lived as Jerry had cut himself at the scene and the FBI now knew who one of the thieves was and were waiting for him to come home. Each manuscript will be worth millions, and Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed are basking in their new found wealth. Scott Fitzgerald’s original handwritten manuscripts, including “The Great Gatsby”, from the Firestone Library at Princeton University. Together, they planned, and executed, the nearly perfect heist of several of F. Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed planned the “perfect” crime.
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