Camino Winds

I bought the used copy. It was sent from the UK in inpeckable condition. The story doesn't sound realistic but very carefully written. I enjoyed reading the book and meeting the familiar characters from the Camino Island.

I read Camino Island and then Camino Winds....loved them, now I'm going to start Camino Ghosts and I can't wait because I know it's gonna be a great book

Grisham is back with some of his main characters from Camino Island, in this latest instalment set on the tropical island. From the very first sentence, you know that trouble is about to hit this idyllic location, and whilst we're used to arguments, fights and murders gripping us on the first page of a thriller, a catastrophic hurricane was an engrossing alternative. As the residents decide if to batten down the hatches and ride the storm out; or to flee to mainland, Grisham catches us up with Bruce Cable; the owner of Bay Books, who hasn't changed much, but continues to be a character to envy as he manages to balance his exciting career - consisting of a lot of wine and dine meetings with authors, with the chilled back approach of island life - consisting of a lot of afternoon naps! Cable decides to stay on the island with a few others and Grisham describes the terrifying and devastating effects that a storm can bring to a small island. I found these pages particularly compelling because not only were they insightfully written, there was a sense of foreboding that tragedy was just around the corner... As the storm passes and the residents re-group, one of them is missing. Nelson Kerr is lying dead in his garden, was it the storm or was this murder? The police are already stretched beyond belief, an accidental death from the storm would suit them better. And the killer knew this... As Bruce and his friends investigate further, and recruit some help, it turns out that there was nothing accidental about Nelson's death, but the deeper they dig, the more dangerous it becomes for them. Both Camino Island and Camino Winds offer Grisham fans something slightly different to his other books, the plots are less legal and more chilled but still give us a complex puzzle to sort and piece together. I find them comparable to watching an episode of Death in Paradise! The second half of this book took me by surprise, I hadn't guessed the story would evolve in this way and I loved seeing the plan fall into place, it had a classic Grisham-ness to how it unraveled - nobody puts together a plan and lays it out as savvy and efficiently as Grisham! Camino Winds is a fantastic summer/holiday read; it's clever, it's gripping but it also gives you that tropical location to immerse yourself in!

Kriminalromane lese ich gern im Original, sie kommen - da sie nicht übersetzt werden müssen - früher auf den deutschen Markt und sind in der Regel preiswerter. In dem Roman Camino WInds präsentiert sich Grisham wieder einmal als ein begabter, unterhaltsamer Erzähler; gute Sprache, leicht ironisierender Schreibstil, angenehm zu lesen. Die Geschichte beginnt - wie der zu erwartende Hurrikan - gemächlich mit einem Schriftsteller-Treffen auf einer Karibik-Insel, nimmt dann mit dem Hurrikan an Geschwindigkeit und Stärke zu. Der Tod eines Freundes (scheint zunächst ein Unfall aufgrund des Sturmes zu sein) treibt die Geschichte voran. Grisham wäre nicht Grisham, wenn er nicht ein soziales Anliegen hätte: Hier geht es um Medikamentenmißbrauch an dementen Patienten in Altersheimen und um die Bereicherung eines ganzen Industriezweiges, der diese privaten Heime verwaltet.

This is an amazing series. I read all of the books within 4 days. I just couldn't put them down