John Grisham is an American author, attorney, politician and activist best known for his best-selling legal thrillers. He has written short stories, non-fiction books and stand-alone novels that have been published worldwide in more than 42 languages. His past works include “The Firm,” “A Time to Kill” and “The Client” which have been adapted into popular feature films. “Camino Island,” his most recent novel, was released this month and tells the story of a young woman who goes undercover in the literary world.

According to Amazon, in “Camino Island,” a gang of thieves break into a secure vault below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. They manage to escape with an extensive loot that has been insured for twenty-five million dollars. Bruce Cable lives in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He owns the local bookstore but makes most of his money in the black market dealing in stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann, a young novelist, is hired by an elegant, mysterious woman to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends to get close to him and learn his secrets. Everything goes according to plan until Mercer gets too close and learns too much.