The Summer Guests
As seen:
By Tess Gerritsen
avg rating
1 review
INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY BY LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN, STARRING JACK REACHER AND THE ENIGMATIC MAGGIE BIRD. . .
The Summer Guests is the exhilarating and gripping new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Spy Coast.
SPECIAL HARDBACK LIMITED EDITION – AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST
‘I love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn’t put it down.’
SHARI LAPENA
’What a ride – The Summer Guests hooked me from the first explosive chapter. . . Immersive, compelling, utterly addictive – a masterclass in storytelling.’
ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing
THE MARTINI CLUB ISN’T OPEN TO EVERYONE . . .
Maggie Bird’s ‘book group’ is an unusual one – a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town of Purity. And this summer they plan little more than ‘reading’ (whilst sipping martinis), and some gentle birdwatching.
But trouble is just around the corner as the summer guests arrive.
For acting Police Chief Jo Thibodeau, summer brings its own problems – packed streets, bar brawls, petty theft. And now, a missing teenager down by the lake.
When their good friend becomes a prime suspect in the girl’s disappearance, Maggie and her Martini Club must put down their binoculars and roll up their sleeves. Leaving Jo to deal with not only a powerful family desperate for answers, but a meddlesome group of retirees.
Can Jo and the Martini Club find a way to work together, as they uncover one of the deadliest scandals their small town has ever seen?
‘A terrific read, it keeps you guessing all the way through.’ 5-STAR Reader Review
‘The Thursday Murder Club on steroids’ SAGA Magazine
‘I love her books. She is a big influence.’ FREIDA McFADDEN
TweetReviews
A small tourist town in Maine is one of those places that’s full of people in summer and almost dead in winter. There are two sorts of residents: the holiday-home owners, with their big, expensive properties and the locals who serve them. Maggie Bird is a relative newcomer to the area and a retired CIA spook. She has a group of friends who are also ex-CIA, and they call themselves The Martini Club. At the start of the summer a wealthy family arrive and not long afterwards their teenage daughter goes missing. Later she’s found seriously injured at the bottom...
Read more...
