The Martini Club

By Ande Jacobson

Tess Gerritsen’s Martini Club series continues with the third book, The Shadow Friends. The main story takes place in Purity, Maine, a quaint little rural town with some big secrets. Maggie Bird, Declan Rose, Ben Diamond, and Ingrid and Lloyd Slocum form The Martini Club, a tight knit group of former CIA folks enjoying their retirement but their past lives keep cropping up in unexpected and dangerous ways. Maggie, Declan, Ben, and Ingrid were operatives, while Lloyd was an analyst, and their skills still come in handy more often than one might think they should now that they are retired and living out what was supposed to be a comfortable, quiet life with friends and family. Continue reading →

By Ande Jacobson

The second book in Tess Gerritsen’s Martini Club series, The Summer Guests, again returns to Purity, Maine. Maggie Bird, Declan Rose, Ben Diamond, and Ingrid and Lloyd Slocum are again involved in solving not just one crime, but also an old one that took place decades ago in the secluded hamlet they now call home. The five members of the Martini Club are ex-CIA operatives who were just looking for a quiet retirement, but while spies can leave active duty, they can’t turn off their zest for solving the puzzles that come their way. This time, Maggie rounds up the club when her friend and neighbor, Luther Yount, is arrested for something he didn’t do. Continue reading →