Camino Winds

Camino, Book 2

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Michael Beck

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The perfect crime scene . . . in the type of wild but smart caper that Grisham’s readers love.”—Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

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. 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.

The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people lose their lives. One of the apparent victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce’s and an author of thrillers. 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.

Who would want Nelson dead? The local police are overwhelmed in the aftermath of the storm and ill equipped to handle the case. Bruce begins to wonder if the shady characters in Nelson’s novels might be more real than fictional. And somewhere on Nelson’s computer is the manuscript of his new novel. 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.

Look for all of John Grisham’s rollicking Camino novels:
Camino Island
Camino Winds
Camino Ghosts

Critic reviews

“In American icon John Grisham’s 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. 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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing

“Escapist entertainment . . . with elements of a more traditional Grisham thriller.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“A cat-and-mouse caper . . . Grisham is an irresistible writer. His prose is fluent and gorgeous, and he has an ability to end each segment with a terse sentence than makes it all but impossible not to turn the page.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Less than ideal narration

The book was a little slow. Liked the first one much better.
Also the narrator changed the voices as the story continued. The main character was suppose to be a fortyish handsome man and the voice made him sound 80. Rather distracting.

Another Grisham hit

Another great ride by a master storyteller. John has provided another fun story following his storyline from Camino Island. Has the fun of The Rooster Bar but much more believable plot. Great characters and scenery descriptions. Narrator for the audible book does a great job with just the right southern accent. Descriptions of food and drink makes you hungry and the island’s charm makes you long to vacation there.

Payer issues

I am a true John Grisham fan & have read almost all of his books. I enjoyed the story, however, I am disappointed that important facts were incorrect. I am a certified Nurse Case Manager. Medicare does not pay for long term care, which was written into the story. Medicare will temporarily pay for short term acute care needs, but are not the payer source for one’s long term care stay. Payer sources for long term care includes Medicaid, Long term care insurance, to the limits of the policy and out of pocket payment.

Slow story

Camino Winds was much slower of a story than Camino Island. It seemed to take a while for the story to get going and was never a page-turner.

The narrator tries doing a lot of voices but was not very good at them.

So so.

I didn't think the characters were very interesting. Michael Beck did a great job. Not one of Grisham's best.