Camino Island

　　一位迷人的神秘書商，一個驚人的犯罪計畫，五份失蹤的無價手稿

　　詭譎的珍本書交易市場，將使天堂般的度假勝地蒙上陰影……



　　法蘭西斯‧史考特‧費茲傑羅，爵士年代最出色的小說家之一，身後留下五份珍貴的手稿，收藏於普林斯頓大學的燧石圖書館中，受到嚴密保護，館方更投保了高額的保險。



　　然而它們此刻竟全都不翼而飛。



　　五名背景各異的竊賊合力執行一場精心計畫的犯罪行動，盜走了這批手稿，並很可能已將它們賣入黑市。聯邦調查局循線追查手稿的下落，卻是徒勞無功，在此同時，Mercer Mann，一名遭逢創作瓶頸又背負鉅額學貸的年輕作家，接受保險公司外聘的私人調查公司雇用，獨立進行調查。Mercer的雇主懷疑知名書商Bruce Cable正是買下這些珍貴手稿的人──充滿魅力的Bruce在佛羅里達的度假勝地Camino Island上，擁有一家受歡迎的書店，但很少人知道，他真正的收入來源卻是銷售珍本書，甚至偶爾也會涉足被竊書籍和手稿的黑市交易。Mercer的任務，便是回到自小生長的Camino Island，偽裝身份以接近Bruce，查出手稿是否確實已落入他手中。



　　然而隨著Mercer挖掘得越深、知道得越多，看似單純的調查行動，卻有了一個接一個驚人的轉折，她也因此離危險越來越近……。



　　每年固定在秋季交出律政驚悚小說新作的葛里遜，在今年夏天帶給出版界及書迷意外的驚喜，證明了他在擅長的法律背景小說外，處理不同的題材亦能得心應手。故事以竊賊聲東擊西、悄悄潛入戒備森嚴的圖書館開場，一連串關於犯罪行動的流暢描述，讓讀者一翻開小說就屏息凝氣、心跳加速，緊接在後埋下的層層伏筆，更是吊人胃口，在快節奏的劇情鋪陳下，令人大呼過癮。

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A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars.

Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts.

Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets.

But eventually Mercer learns far too much, and there’s trouble in paradise as only John Grisham can deliver it.

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John Grisham is the author of thirty novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.