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Loved This Book & So Did My Mum
Absolutely loved this book!
I really enjoyed The Spy Coast, so continued with the series and found this book to be even better, with its twists and turns ... READ MORE
Brilliant.
The second book in the Martini Club series and oh my days; what a cracking read.
I absolutely loved the fact that we got to meet a whole new set of char... READ MORE
Just brilliant!
The Summer Guests sees the return of the Martini Club, four former spies now old age pensioners, and this time they're on the hunt for a missing teenage.
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Synopsis
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?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- ISBN: 9781804993415
- Number of pages: 464
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
- Weight: 318g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allThe two mysteries are tied together and make a fascinating read.
“The Summer Guests” is the second novel in The Martini Club series by author Tess Gerritsen. This is a thriller that supplies a mix of suspense, mystery an... READ MORE
An author at the top of her game
A big welcome back to the Martini club, a loose configuration of ex spies living in the aptly named Purity (it’s not so pure :) For those of you who have n... READ MORE
Smashing Read!
A very welcome 2nd book in the Martini Club series by Tess Gerritsen. I have always liked her books but this particular newer series is great! The characte... READ MORE
Martini club. Book 2
This is a great summer read. As the summer guest arrive on Maiden lake, a young girl goes missing. Maggie a retired CIA agent and her friends known as the... READ MORE
Book 2 in the Series
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
This is book 2 in Tess's latest series and it is of course excellent as you would expect.
The Sum... READ MORE
These retirees just won't let it go
This series continues to give readers a great read. The Martini Club returns with another fast paced tale, alongside a great cast of believable characters ... READ MORE
Brilliant
The Summer Guest is the second book in the Martini Club series by Tess Gerritsen and its every bit as good as the first book The Spy Coast, although you c... READ MORE
Very enjoyable cozy mystery
Book 2 in The Martini Club series set in the town of Purity in Maine. It is a peaceful town most of the time but enough is going on to keep 5 retired CIA ... READ MORE
The Martini Group is back, and in fine form.
The Martini Group is back, and in fine form.
Several months have passed since the events of "The Spy Coast", and Maggie Bird and her ex-spook friends ar... READ MORE
Great
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen
Maggie Bird’s ‘book group’ is an unusual one – a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town... READ MORE
A book with real pizazz
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 holid... READ MORE
The Summer Guests
This is book 2 in the Martini Club series and I read them back to back!
I really enjoyed this book, it was a lovely pace and I raced through the pages.... READ MORE
A Great Read!
Having read the first book in the Martini Club series I was excited to see that a second book was available enabling me to catch up with the characters.
A... READ MORE
Not your average book group
Thanks to Random House UK and NetGalley for ARC.
This is a second in a new series by the veteran thriller writer Gerritsen.
Maggie Bird is retired an... READ MORE
A. superb read
It was so good to be back with the members of The Martini Club in the second instalment of a fabulous series that’s fast becoming one of my favourites.
Th... READ MORE
An intriguing and enjoyable read.
Excellent !
Tess Gerritsen writing is a joy to read .
The Martini club are a “ book group” in inverted commas it’s made up of retired secret agents who ... READ MORE
Come for the mystery, stay for the characters
Thanks to its twisty plot full of bombshells and bluffs, this sequel kept me on my toes. No matter how shocking the story became, the characters felt authe... READ MORE
An entertaining mystery/thriller.
The Summer Guests is the second book in the Martini Club series by award-winning, best-selling American author, Tess Gerritsen. For Susan and her fifteen-y... READ MORE
Ex-CIA Members Who Still Find Themselves Solving Crimes.
The Martini Club #2
When former spy Maggie Bird retired to the seaside hamlet of Purity, Maine, she settled for a quiet life with breathtaking views. Bu... READ MORE
The Summer Guests
I am a big fan of this author - both her wonderful Rizzoli & Isles series, as well as her stand alones and I really enjoyed the series opener to this, her ... READ MORE
The second in the gripping Martini Club series!
The Members of the Martini Club, elderly retired spies Maggie, Declan, Ben, Ingrid and Lloyd, find themselves involved when the bones of a body are found a... READ MORE
Highly Recommended
The second in the Martini Club series and just as brilliant as the first one. A wonderful tightly controlled plot with so many twists and surprises. Best... READ MORE
Think Thursday Murder Club, elevated by more polished writing
The Summer Guests is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's new 'Martini Club' series in which four ex-CIA friends (Maggie, Declan, Ingrid, and Ben), have ret... READ MORE
Small town America is hiding a dark secret
When a young girl goes missing and her neighbour is the main suspect retired spy Maggie Bird and her friends use all their skills to help the local police ... READ MORE
Very entertaining
The Martini Club #2 - boozy book club get togethers by ex CIA agents led by Maggie, all now in their 70’s but still as sharp as ever. They enjoy life, mart... READ MORE
Loved reading this
Susan and her daughter Zoe are going to Purity to stay with her new husbands family. They are holding a memorial for her father-in-law who died recently.
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A missing teenager. A toxic family
I have not read the first book in this series but The Martini Club reminded me of The Thursday Murder Club group.
The mystery of a missing teenager was in... READ MORE
A delightful blend of humour and mystery,
Loved this. I was so glad when I saw the second book in this series was out and it certainly didn't disappoint.
Welcome to Purity, where martinis flow, s... READ MORE
Martini club
Another meeting of the Martini club and a welcome return it is. Secrets and lies in this twisty thriller. Well plotted with interesting chracters that keep... READ MORE
A cracking good story and accomplished writing!
The first Tess Gerritsen book for this reviewer and the story stands so well on its own that I was unaware that it is the second book in a series, featurin... READ MORE
The Martini Group is back, and in fine form.
Several months have passed since the events of "The Spy Coast", and Maggie Bird and her ex-spook friends are enjoying their retirement, with the reading cl... READ MORE
A fantastic sequal
This was an excellent follow up to The Martini Club with a story that sent us off of so many wrong turns it was a real pleasure to read the ending as it ma... READ MORE
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsom
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen is a sequel to The Spy Coast and again features Maggie Bird and her book club group of retired spies, all living in the... READ MORE
The Martini Club are back!
It’s summertime in Purity and the summer guests have made their way to the seaside town to enjoy the peak season. One such summer guest is fifteen-year-old... READ MORE
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