I read the first two of this series thinking I was getting the old John Grisham, but after 40 years he’s changed some and I doubt he wants to keep writing the same old thing so he’s branched out some in different directions – this leans towards humor in the beach and book sales scene but it’s still a legal mystery with some thriller parts.  

Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham 
2024
Read by Whoopie Goldberg 10h 17m 
Rating: A  / crime-  (cozy?) 
#3 in the Camino series 

The characters from the first two books are on hand with Mercer and Thomas  getting married at the beach.  Mercer is a writer and Bruce owns a local bookshop and dabbles in buying and selling books.  This really feels more like a cozy than a John Grisham thriller but ..  it works I think because of the setting, the characters and the writerly-oriented plot.  

Bruce has a story idea – based on a “true” (for this book) story concerning an island just off the coast between Florida and Georgia.  Haunted maybe?  They try to see if they can meet the woman who wrote a book many years ago ….  There have been many dead bodies in the past. It’s been abandoned (?).  

There’s a new character in this book Diana, who plays an almost leading role. She’s teh intern in Steve’s legal office – (non-profit environmental mission). I hope she stays –