The latest novel of John Grisham namely,Camino Winds, is an important piece of fiction. The book revolves around the prevalent intensity of the world of Global Crimes. The characters of the novel are living ones and can easily be identified in our daily life The antagonists are the rich businessmen who make millions through fraud,tax evasion and money laundering.The proceeds of crime are put behind a maze of off shore shell companies to avoid tax and money trail, obviously criminals have no morals, as they are motivated by their own goals which are based on cheating and fraud . The character of contract killers - who kill people for the sake of money stands well exposed in the novel.The author has smartly done the anatomy of the role of mafia and organized crime syndicates.
The central theme of the novel is the mystery murder of Nelson Kerr in a stormy night. Nelson was a well known crime novelist. There was a rumor in the air that Nelson was writing a new novel to expose the Nursing Home Frauds. Bruce Cable, the owner of Bay Books, the lone book store in the Camino Island, knew this fact.Bruce is an interesting character who entertains his friends while offering them wine and Coffee in order to make them merry and happy.He is a popular figure among the writers community living in the island.
Bruce is informed by Police about the death of Nelson and he stood shocked to learn that . After seeing the scene of occurrence he and his friends reviewed the events of the past week and carried out an anatomy of the happenings. They came to the conclusi that it was not a natural death but a planned murder bringing in the element of mystery in the novel.
The author has successfully established that we live in the world of informers,snitches ,whistle blowers and rats .One of the main motive behind killings , as per author , is to punish culprits of bad business deals.
Espionage and contract killings are rampant and spy services thrive on the strength of beautiful women whom they recruit and these charming ladies know how to seduce the wanted person. The spy services recruit typical ex-servicemen who in their career had never responded to authority and worked for their own motives. The author brings out that equity and equality are scarified to extend beneficial actions to undeserved. People stand cheated as usual and the state authority bestows gains to the thugs of the society.And it all happens through corruption and unlawful means. The state organs as usual fail to check the formation of monopolies .The fraudesters thrive while defeat the state regulatory framework through the use of illegal means, In the end all these lopeholes are unearhed and character of state police force is exposed who are invoved in the ongoing crimes to provide shelter to the gangsters,
The novel is built on a simple but powerful plot possessing all the key elements of a thriller.The charcters are fully developed who know their role perfectly. The protognist Bruce is liked by the readers and they cheer for him for his dynamic role and the way he helps to net the culprits, the antognists inspite of their powerful tools and the protognist forces them fail tin their endaveour to succeed in theplanned ugly designs. The character of county police is flat and static.The convolutions of the human personality, under the stress of artfully selected experience, are the chief fascination of the novel. The author has succesfully constructed the maze of lust greed,and desire which are basic causes for antognists to exploit the ordinary people whoes hearts are free from impurities of the soul. Zafar Iqbal Choudhry.
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I first read this book in paperback, and really enjoyed it, so decided to order the hardback, and a signed edition to keep on my bookshelf. I found it very entertaining and had a hard time putting it down.
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Camino Winds is a fantastic summer/holiday read
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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!
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