
The Spy Coast
Tess Gerritsen(Author)
Penguin (Transworld) (Publisher)
Published on 12. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-80499-289-0 (ISBN)
Description
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
'The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA Magazine
'Irresistible and highly recommended!' LEE CHILD
'I loved it. A hugely entertaining read!' ANN CLEEVES
'Expect mystery, action, and bloodshed in this exciting thriller' Kirkus
***
INTRODUCING THE ENIGMATIC MAGGIE BIRD. . .
IN A RIVETING NEW SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.
But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.
Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.
IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO RETIRE . . . UNTIL THEY FIND YOU.
***
Praise for The Spy Coast:
'Gerritsen is a born storyteller, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever' LEE CHILD
'Echoes of Richard Osman but Gerritsen offers us a darker and consistently exciting thriller' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters' DAVID BALDACCI
'A riveting tale filled with engaging characters' KATHY REICHS
.
The Summer Guests, the latest book in the Martini Club series is AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER.
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
'The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA Magazine
'Irresistible and highly recommended!' LEE CHILD
'I loved it. A hugely entertaining read!' ANN CLEEVES
'Expect mystery, action, and bloodshed in this exciting thriller' Kirkus
***
INTRODUCING THE ENIGMATIC MAGGIE BIRD. . .
IN A RIVETING NEW SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.
But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.
Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.
IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO RETIRE . . . UNTIL THEY FIND YOU.
***
Praise for The Spy Coast:
'Gerritsen is a born storyteller, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever' LEE CHILD
'Echoes of Richard Osman but Gerritsen offers us a darker and consistently exciting thriller' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters' DAVID BALDACCI
'A riveting tale filled with engaging characters' KATHY REICHS
.
The Summer Guests, the latest book in the Martini Club series is AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER.
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
Reviews / Votes
Powerful, resonant, absorbing, freighted with menace and suspense . . .Gerritsen is a born storyteller, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever. Irresistible and highly recommended! * Lee Child * I loved it. A hugely entertaining read! * Ann Cleeves, No.1 bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland * The Spy Coast is a marvellously plotted read with action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters.
I truly hope to see Maggie Bird and her team of silver-haired helpers on the pages again. * David Baldacci * A riveting tale filled with engaging characters. I look forward to the rest of the series. * Kathy Reichs * A nice take on retirement-five old spooks whose bones may ache but whose minds remain sharp. You can expect mystery, action, and bloodshed in this exciting thriller * Kirkus (starred review) * Compelling reading throughout, with astute characterizations, a fast-moving but understandable spy plot, and lashings of dark humor. Gerritsen fans and readers of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club mysteries will love this * Booklist (starred review) * Amusing and exciting . . . Maggie and her grey-haired tribe are more than capable of helming a long-running series * Publishers Weekly * The Spy Coast is The Thursday Murder Club on steroids * SAGA magazine *
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-289-0 (9781804992890)
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The Spy Coast
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The Spy Coast
The unmissable new thriller series from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rizzoli & Isles
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Person
International bestselling author TESS GERRITSEN began to write fiction whilst on maternity leave as a physician. She published her first novel in 1987 and has since sold over forty million copies of her books in forty countries.
Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.
Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.
Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.
Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.