I have a confession to make. I have never read any of the thirteen novels in Tess Gerritsen’s ‘Rizzoli &Isles’ mystery series. Nor any of the other thirty-plus books this amazingly prolific medical doctor-turned author has penned.
Shame on me.
But the latest, The Spy Coast, about a collection of retired spooks all living in a small town in Maine, caught my attention. And so happy it did.
This novel is not just a nostalgic look at the glory days of superannuated CIA operatives. Nope. Maggie Bird, one of the members of this crew, the Martini Club as they style themselves, discovers that her past is not behind her. A body is found in Maggie’s driveway, and now she knows her former enemies have not forgotten her or the final op that ended her career.
Self-preservation kicks in and Maggie—with a little help from her friends in the Martini Club and the local acting police chief—sets off on a mission around the globe in order to save the quiet life in Maine she’s built for herself.
There is a bit of a tip of the hat to Red, the 2010 movie, but The Spy Coast is its own animal, and The second in ‘The Martini Club’ series, The Summer Guests, is coming in March.
Highly recommended.
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