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Thriller · 2023 · PG-13

The Spy Coast

by Tess Gerritsen

She retired to Maine. Her past just drove into town.

A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she's living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a message from former foes who haven't forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends

For14+GenreThrillerLength352 pagesRead time~10 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Some

Murder investigation and spy thriller violence; some action sequences

Language

Some

Moderate adult language throughout

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

None

Emotional Intensity

Some

The weight of a past that will never fully let you go

What this book is about

Maggie Bird, a former CIA agent who has retired to run a chicken farm in Maine, discovers her quiet life is about to end when a stranger is murdered in her driveway. Tess Gerritsen's thriller launches a new series with her trademark medical/thriller precision.

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