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The brand new action-packed thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling Martini Club series. 'I love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn't put it down.' SHARI LAPENA 'What a ride - The Summer Guests hooked me...
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Description
The brand new action-packed thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling Martini Club series.
'I love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn't put it down.'
SHARI LAPENA
'What a ride - The Summer Guests hooked me from the first explosive chapter. . . Immersive, compelling, utterly addictive - a masterclass in storytelling.'
ANDREA MARA
'The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' - SAGA Magazine
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?
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804993415
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 464
About the Author
International bestselling author TESS GERRITSEN began to write fiction whilst on maternity leave as a physician. She published her first novel in 1987 and has since sold over forty million copies of her books in forty countries. Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.
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