John Grisham, «El mejor autor vivo de thriller� seg�n Ken Follett, siembra ciza�a en el para�so con su nueva y entretenida novela. Una historia que arranca con un robo de manuscritos y evoluciona hacia una persecuci�n entre un seductor criminal y la mujer que se ha propuesto desenmascararlo. Una banda de ladrones consigue robar algo que, pese a no tener precio, est� asegurado en veinticinco millones de d�lares: los cinco manuscritos originales de las novelas de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que hasta hac�a poco yac�an en una c�mara acorazada bajo la biblioteca de la Universidad de Princeton. Un bot�n imposible de resistir. Bruce Cable regenta una prestigiosa librer�a en la ciudad de verano de Santa Rosa, en Camino Island. No obstante, muy pocos saben que su aut�ntico negocio a menudo lo lleva a adentrarse en el peligroso, pero tremendamente lucrativo, mercado negro de los libros y manuscritos robados. Mercer Mann, una joven y endeudada escritora que sol�a pasar sus veranos en la id�lica playa de Camino Island, recibe una propuesta que no puede rechazar. Volver� a la paz de la isla para escribir su novela y, entretanto, se acercar� al c�rculo de escritores de cierto librero de dudosa reputaci�n... y a su interesante colecci�n de manuscritos. Sin embargo, Mercer se pondr� en peligro al descubrir m�s de lo necesario. John Grisham sabe, como nadie, crear problemas en el para�so. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A delightfully lighthearted caper . . . [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in unsavory ventures. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous monetary offer convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Cable's circle of literary friends, to get close to the ringleader, to discover his secrets. But soon Mercer learns far too much, and there's trouble in paradise—as only John Grisham can deliver it.
Author
John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
