Tess Gerritsen: The Summer Guests (UK 2025)

From the publisher:
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.

'I love this new series... The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn't put it down.' SHARI LAPENA

THE MARTINI CLUB ISN'T OPEN TO EVERYONE...
Maggie Bird's 'book group' is an unusual one... roup 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?

Tess Gerritsen: The Summer Guests. Don't trust any of them.... Bantam Press, ISBN: 9780857505415 (March, 2025), 368 p., £20.00, eBook £9.99.

Tess Gerritsen: The Summer Guests (USA 2025)

From the publisher:
From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a chilling follow-up to The Spy Coast, plunging the Martini Club into the search for a missing teen -- with a startling connection to their own pasts.

When former spy Maggie Bird retired to the seaside hamlet of Purity, Maine, she settled in for a quiet life with breathtaking views. But enemies from her past soon threatened to destroy everything.

Maggie survived, thanks to her wits and the collective intelligence of the Martini Club, the circle of ex-CIA friends in her cocktail-sipping book club. Their handiwork, however, caught the attention of young police chief Jo Thibodeau. Now Jo and her neighborhood ex-spies have an uneasy alliance.

After a teenager vanishes―and Maggie's neighbor becomes the prime suspect―she joins the investigation, determined to prove her friend's innocence. But the girl's wealthy family pushes for an arrest. And when authorities discover a long-dead corpse in a nearby pond, the case becomes doubly complicated, with unthinkable ties to long-buried secrets.

As Jo grapples with two unexplained mysteries, the Martini Club races to uncover the truth behind shadowy secrets... before more lives are lost.

Tess Gerritsen: The Summer Guests. A Thriller. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781662515149 (March, 2025), 366 p., Hardcover $28.99, Paperback $16.99, eBook $4.99.