By Tess Gerritsen — Thomas & Mercer, 2023
Tucked away in a small town in Maine, unbeknownst to the neighbors, a group of retired spies gathers as old friends. They call themselves the Martini Club. Maggie Bird is a seasoned intelligence officer, raising chickens and growing vegetables on her small farm. When a strange woman knocks on her door with a cryptic message, Maggie knows it could only have originated from someone involved in a decades-old case that went horribly wrong. The next day, this stranger lies murdered in Maggie’s driveway. While her friends revisit the case that’s been brought back to life, Maggie navigates a web of contemporary conspiracies. When local law enforcement officer Jo Thibodeau gets involved, she suspects the Martini Club retirees are being coy about a secret past.
As we’re drawn into the world of espionage, deceit and intrigue, it would be easy to forget that these savvy former agents are long retired—it’s refreshing to see them portrayed as computer-literate, competent and up for adventure. If you enjoy these retired spies, they’ll return in The Summer Guests, set to be released in March 2025.
