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The Spy Coast

By: Tess Gerritsen
Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Brittany Pressley
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.

But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.

Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.

The Spy Coast is the first novel in The Martini Club series.

©2024 Tess Gerritsen (P)2024 Penguin Audio Amateur Sleuths Cosy Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense Espionage

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'Action-packed...G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters.' DAVID BALDACCI

'Irresistible and highly recommended!' LEE CHILD
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I really love the story of this book. It didn’t try to be Rizzoli and Isles, it did something different, and I really enjoyed the plot.
The accents, particularly the English accent of the narrator, was horrific! To the point, I thought it was trying to demonstrate people were pretending to be English and I got a little confused. The narration needs some work, but the story is great. 

Great story, poor narration

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I enjoyed the story but had I known how bad the narrator’s English accent was I would probably have chosen to read this one. It really pulled me out of those sections of the book and I spent more time thinking about how bad the narration was instead of concentrating on what was happening in the plot. I would have preferred the narrator to not even attempt the accent.

Good story, shame about the narration

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the story is ok, there narrator trying to do UK accents ruined the book for me. she couldn't decide between Australian, a tinge of parts of London, and a variety of others I couldn't identify. just speak it in your own accent so the story isn't ruined.

listen before trying accents

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Really enjoyed the story - Tess Gerritsen is always reliable. However, the narration of the British accents is painful! They are really distracting and I wish I had read, rather than listened to, this book. Such a shame.

Good story, awful narration

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I don’t normally feel so strongly as to submit a review but the narration of this book was terrible. The attempts at a British accent were probably the worst I’ve ever heard. Danny’s accent was laughable and Bella sounded like a robot. Completely ruined the book for me.

Terrible narration

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I am a fan of Tess Gerritsen's books but this one fell a bit flat for me. I'm not a fan of books with flashbacks and this was the majority of this book. I didn't really care about the characters either and the mirroring of Maggie and Jo did not work - young v older and the young not realising the potential of the older. Jo was a non entity in the book. She didn't really amount to much. Maggie as a senior woman had so much potential but the focus was mainly on the past and on her younger years. As a senior Maggie and the other seniors had so much more to offer.

Amazon has bought the rights to this as a series so that might work and there is so much potential with the setting and the other characters.

Flashback books, a no for me

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I’ve only ever read the Rizzoli and Isles books of Tess - so this was a first for me! It was a great book and kept you going all the way through! Defo would recommend!

Love Tess!

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Storyline is really interesting and kept my attention by the narrator is painfully cringeworthy. She should never try an English accent, they all sound painfully stupid, like ageing rockstars. Definitely spoiled it for me.

Cringe narration

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A passable story that could lead to a really good new series however like many of the latest garrettston books it doesn't quite have the charm and catch that the initial R&I books had.

The performance is mostly good however the English accent that pops up quite often is absolutely appalling.

Lacks the magic of the original Rizzoli and Isles books

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All a bit lame and do a disappointed in reality
Do like her other stuff as a rule

Not her best

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