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The Summer Guests: A Thriller (The Martini Club Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Tess Gerritsen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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.

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“Fun and fascinating to watch Maggie and friends pivot from drinking martinis at their monthly book club to full-on use of their survival and investigative skills.” —Booklist

About the Author

International bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, she later earned her MD at the University of California, San Francisco. While on maternity leave as a physician, she began to write fiction, publishing her first novel in 1987. She has since sold over forty million books in forty countries, winning both the Nero and RITA Awards.

Gerritsen’s novels have been major bestsellers around the world. Critics praise her books as “pulse-pounding fun” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “scary and brilliant” (Toronto’s Globe and Mail), and “polished, riveting prose” (Chicago Tribune). Publishers Weekly dubbed her the “medical suspense queen.”

Gerritsen’s series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series Rizzoli & Isles.

Now retired from medicine, Gerritsen lives in Maine and writes full time.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (March 18, 2025)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.5 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1662515162
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction and in 1987, her first novel, Call After Midnight, was published. It was just the first of 32 suspense novels that she’s written over a 36-year writing career. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift," which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess's 1996 medical thriller, Harvest, marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list and her novels have hit bestseller lists around the world ever since. Among her titles are Gravity, The Surgeon, Vanish, Listen to Me, and her upcoming spy thriller, The Spy Coast, which has just been optioned by Amazon Studios for a television series. Her books have been translated into 40 languages, and more than 40 million copies have been sold around the world.

Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles," starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

She lives in Maine.

For more information on Tess Gerritsen and her novels, visit her website: www.tessgerritsen.com or

www.tessgerritsen.co.uk.

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  • She Treads Softly
    5.0 out of 5 stars very highly recommended investigative mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
    The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen is a very highly recommended investigative mystery, and the excellent second novel following the equally stellar first novel, The Spy Coast, featuring the Martini Club of retired CIA agents.

    Susan, Ethan and their daughter Zoe Conover are returning to the family summer home on Maiden Pond in Purity, Maine where they will meet matriarch Elizabeth, brother Colin along with his wife Brooke and their son Kit. The family is planning to scatter the ashes of recently deceased patriarch George. Soon after they arrive 15-year-old Zoe disappears and local police chief Jo Thibodeau is called in to investigate. When the Martini club, comprised of retired CIA agents, Maggie, Declan, Ben, Ingrid and Lloyd, hear about the missing teen teen they jump in to assist with the investigation, but it is much more complicated than it originally appeared.

    The well-written narrative is fast-paced, complex, and intricately plotted. The narrative alternates between the point-of-view of Susan, Jo, and Maggie and it becomes very clear that there is much more going on than it originally appears. The clues lead all over the place and back in time. Nothing is as simple as it seems when the investigation opens up additional discoveries, leads, and long buried secrets. The contrast between the summer people of privilege and the common year round local residents enters into the case.

    Again, everything about the novel is excellent the writing, plot, and characters. There are several twists and surprises. Once started it was impossible to put aside. I enjoyed the first novel so much, which introduces these characters that I would recommended reading it first, but readers could still enjoy this outing as a standalone. The first novel does provide much more background information about the Martini Club.

    I loved The Summer Guests as much as I did the first Martini Club investigation in The Spy Coast and I hope to see them again. Thanks to Thomas & Mercer for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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  • Juli S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
    This second outing of the Martini Club, made up of ex-CIA spies, finds the group looking for a missing teenage girl, Zoe Conover. Zoe just happens to be the granddaughter of well to do summer guests. Maggie and her friends become involved much to the frustration of local acting police chief, Jo Thibodeau.

    The investigation takes a dark turn when old remains are found in a pond on the Conver's property. This discovery leads the group to look into the history of the town. What they find are long buried secrets. Zoe's family is pushing for an arrest and the police focus on Declan Rose, Maggie's good looking neighbor. Could the remains have something to do with Zoe in the present day? The plot unfolds through different points of view and we are rewarded with a satisfying conclusion. Of course, to get to the conclusion we are maneuvering around a few red herrings and some twists and turns.

    I loved the first book in the series, The Spy Coast, and this one is just as good, possibly even better since we are familiar with this cast of characters and the town of Purity, Maine. Bess Gerritsen knows how to keep the reader turning the page and wanting more and giving us a few hints for the future. I can't wait for the next book!

    Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, Thomas & Mercer, for an ARC. The review is my own.
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  • shereadbookblog
    5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and suspenseful
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
    This is the second in a new series “The Martini Club" by best selling author Tess Gerritsen. It features retired spy Maggie Bird and her fellow former CIA operatives who dub themselvesThe Martini Club and now reside in Purity, Maine.

    A teenage girl, the grand daughter of a wealthy part time resident on the local lake, disappears and acting police chief Jo Thibodeau is faced with finding her. Maggie and her crew can’t resist getting involved in the investigation. When the skeleton of another young woman is found at the bottom of the lake, long held town and family secrets are revealed.

    I really enjoy Gerritsen’s writing, and am a long time fan of her Rizzoli and Isles series. She has a great talent for captivating her readers and this book is no exception.

    The story is well plotted, entertaining, and suspenseful. It makes an engrossing read, one I couldn’t put down. It is nice to have “mature" characters featured and so charmingly. There is some lightheartedness and I particularly appreciated the reflections on aging. I live in a resort area; Gerritsen realistically portrays the tension that often exists between locals/year rounders and visitors/part timers.

    I have read both books in this series, however, this one can work as a stand alone. I can’t wait for the next installment.
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  • Bianca_78
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great small town summer mystery!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
    4.75 Stars

    Book 2 in the Martini Club Series!
    I really enjoyed the first book with our retired CIA agents in Purity, Maine.
    And this second book was just as great.
    It's summer in our little Maine town and the tourists are all over the place. Including the Conover family; they've summered in their lake house for decades. This is the first year that Ethan is coming again. He never much liked it there as a kid. Now he's newly married to a single mom of a teenaged girl and he needs the quiet lake time to finally write his second book.
    But on their first full day at the lake Zoe disappears after playing with local girl Callie - who we remember from the first book.
    And the state police and the Zoe's family all look at Callie's grandpa as the bad guy.
    So Maggie and her retired CIA buddies need to find out what really happened to prove her neighbor's innocence.
    This was such a great small town summer mystery. I really enjoyed reading it.
    When you think Zoe's disappearance is the only mystery Maggie, Jo and the gang have to deal with... nope. It's only the beginning!
    Can't wait to see more of the Martini Club! This whole thing would look so good on TV!
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