Camino Island by John Grisham
This is one of my favorite Grisham novels of all time. Thieves steal five of F. Scott Fitzgerald's original manuscripts from the library at Princeton University to sell them for a ransom. But the Feds and the insurance company that covers the manuscripts are determined to find them.
There's a bookseller in Camino Island off Floria, Bruce Cable, who is a real character. He has the best bookstore in the country, and authors come by to hold signings regularly. There are many authors living right on Camino Island, and they love to socialize and gossip. Bruce is the king of their circle.
The insurance company hires a struggling writer, Mercer Mann, to stay on Camino Island and befriend Bruce, in the hopes that she can get some information about whether he has a vault in his bookstore basement. Best case would be she could see what's in there.
The book skips around, so first you're breathlessly witnessing the theft at Princeton, then you're wondering who the heck Mercer is, then you're falling in love with Bruce's charming story with no idea of his relevance. But it all comes together and it's great fun.
General consensus: You're not going to be able to put it down. Bibliophiles will especially enjoy the book's celebration of authors and great literature.
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