The Spy Coast is the first book in a new series, The Martini Club, by Tess Gerritsen. The Martini Club is a group of retired spies (CIA) who live in the same small town in Maine. The agents have been friends since they first went were introduced. Over the years their lives intersected at different times, but mostly they were alone in their work.
Maggie Bird is raising chickens and living her life when she finds someone in her house, asking questions from the past. Then there is a dead body in the yard. Maggie goes to her friends – The Martini Club – to get help. They drop into their gaining information and pull together various clues into what might be happening.
The book is told in two voices. From the present as Maggie and her friends try to work out what is happening. From the past as Maggie described a time in her life when she was working on her last case. It was also when she was with Danny, the love of her life. Along with her friends, the readers were introduced to Jo Thibideau, the Chief of Police in their small town. She is determined to figure out what is going on, even when she is blocked at every clue.
I enjoyed the novel and am going to read the second novel in the series. I look forward to hearing what Maggie and her pals are going to be doing next. The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen was a great read with lots of twists and turns and unexpected happenings!
