![]() He then followed Interstate 4 and dumped ten inches of rain on Orlando and eight on Daytona Beach before leaving land as yet another tropical depression.Īnother theory was that the luck had run out and it was time for the Big One. Flooding was heavy, electricity was knocked out, flimsier buildings were flattened, but there were no fatalities. Petersburg with winds at a hundred miles per hour. For a change he maintained a straight course and his eye passed over St. For two days he chugged along with Tampa in his sights, then suddenly came to life again as a Category 1. ![]() Three hundred miles south of Mobile, he faked to his left, began a slow turn to the east, and weakened considerably. As a Category 4, and veering east and west along a steady northbound trek, Leo seemed destined for a historic and ugly landfall.Īnd then he stalled again. Fleets of boats and airplanes scrambled to reposition inland. Evacuation plans in five states were activated. ![]() Oil companies scurried to extract ten thousand rig workers from the Gulf, and, as always, jacked up their prices just for the hell of it. Warnings were posted from Galveston to Pensacola. Dozens of giddy camera crews raced into harm’s way. Camino Winds is an irresistible romp and a perfectly thrilling beach read-# 1 bestselling author John Grisham at his beguiling best.Once again he rapidly grew in size and speed, and in less than two days had his own news special on cable, and Vegas was posting odds on the landing site. Could the key to the case be right there-in black and white? As Bruce starts to investigate, what he discovers between the lines is more shocking than any of Nelson’s plot twists-and far more dangerous. And somewhere on Nelson’s computer is the manuscript of his new novel. Bruce begins to wonder if the shady characters in Nelson’s novels might be more real than fictional. Who would want Nelson dead? The local police are overwhelmed in the aftermath of the storm and ill equipped to handle the case. But the nature of Nelson’s injuries suggests that the storm wasn’t the cause of his death: He has suffered several suspicious blows to the head. One of the apparent victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce’s and an author of thrillers. ![]() The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people lose their lives. Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm. Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen-even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime. With Camino Winds, America’s favorite storyteller offers the perfect escape. Since officials are preoccupied with the aftermath of the storm, the authors set out to solve the mystery themselves, in the type of wild but smart caper that Grisham’s readers love.” -Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing “The best thriller writer alive.” – Ken Follett John Grisham, #1 bestselling author and master of the legal thriller, sweeps you away to paradise for a little sun, sand, mystery, and mayhem. “In American icon John Grisham’s new novel, Camino Winds, an odd assortment of mystery and crime authors, some of them felons themselves, discover one of their colleagues has been murdered during the fury of a massive hurricane-the perfect crime scene.
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