![]() Mercer Mann the would-be sleuth from the previous novel is barely mentioned, but for the fact she now has a boyfriend and a dog (yes that really is as interesting as it gets). Bookshop owner Bruce Cable’s ‘quirkiness’ appears to entirely revolve around his ‘open marriage’ which is mentioned at every possible opportunity, his French wife, and the oh-so-snobbish book parties featuring authors from the island. ![]() The characters seem to lack any of the colour, audacity, ‘moral duty’ that we come across in earlier novels. Cottoned by enormous wealth and internal fame, would anyone’s work begin to suffer in quality? Would we all instead begin to write only about ourselves in a thinly veiled manner? Like Camino Island (2017), the quiet beachfront neighbourhood in which Bruce Cable and his atelier of authors live in Camino Winds seems to be a reflection of Amelia Island, in Florida – home to Grisham in the Summer months, and one naturally presumes that Cable’s atelier of wealthy authors might just be caricatures of his well-healed neighbours. Perhaps that’s an inevitability when you’ve sold 300 million books, and own three houses and a private jet – I don’t know. I can’t help feeling that John Grisham is getting bored. ![]() Editor's Picks Literature on 20 June, 2020. ![]()
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