When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas. The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Grisham’s first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies. Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. He practised criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. ![]() Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. ![]() Rowling, Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on a first printing. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 28 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. John Grisham (born Februin Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. His prose is fluent and gorgeous, and he has an ability to end each segment with a terse sentence than makes it all but impossible not to turn the page.” –Pittsburgh Post-Gazette About John Grisham “Escapist entertainment…with elements of a more traditional Grisham thriller.” –Janet Maslin, The New York Times Since officials are preoccupied with the aftermath of the storm, the authors set out to solve the mystery themselves, in the type of wild but smart caper that Grisham’s readers love.” -Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing “In American icon John Grisham’s new novel, Camino Winds, an odd assortment of mystery and crime authors, some of them felons themselves, discover one of their colleagues has been murdered during the fury of a massive hurricane-the perfect crime scene. Could the key to the case be right there-in black and white? As Bruce starts to investigate, what he discovers between the lines is more shocking than any of Nelson’s plot twists-and far more dangerous.Ĭamino Winds is an irresistible romp and a perfectly thrilling beach read-# 1 bestselling author John Grisham at his beguiling best. And somewhere on Nelson’s computer is the manuscript of his new novel. Bruce begins to wonder if the shady characters in Nelson’s novels might be more real than fictional. Who would want Nelson dead? The local police are overwhelmed in the aftermath of the storm and ill equipped to handle the case. But the nature of Nelson’s injuries suggests that the storm wasn’t the cause of his death: He has suffered several suspicious blows to the head. One of the apparent victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce’s and an author of thrillers. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people lose their lives. ![]() Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm. Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen-even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime… With Camino Winds, America’s favorite storyteller offers the perfect escape. The master of the legal thriller sweeps you away to paradise for a little sun, sand, mystery, and mayhem. “The perfect crime scene … in the type of wild but smart caper that Grisham’s readers love.”-Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing.#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Excerpted from Camino Winds by John Grisham. ![]()
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