Saturday, July 12, 2025

The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen

 The Martini Club to the rescue.

 About the Book: The Martini Book Club, a collection of former CIA agents, are living out their retirement in the quiet town of Purity, Maine. After one of the group comes under suspicion when a teenager goes missing, Club members step up to the plate. Despite creaking joints or maybe moving slower than they might like, the brain still recalls the right steps, the right moves. Violent crime rarely happens in Purity and the acting Chief of police, while young and relatively inexperienced, is at a loss as to what’s really going on—till Maggie Bird and her pals come to the rescue.

 Our Review: This is more than “townies vs summer people”, a common issue in any tourist town. It is something deeper, going back decades, filled with taciturn ‘Mainers’ who go along each day, coping as best they can. The dry humor and dialogue, true to each individual character, brings smiles to our lips and nods of agreement for devotees of the characters created by Ludlum and Drury, Maxim and LeCarre—and we are so happy for it.  

 Based on a scale of 1-5, The Summer Guests merits a 7.

  Veronica Lynch, Wild Women Reviews

 

 

 

 

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