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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 Action & Adventure Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Thrillers Detective Espionage Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Small Town & Rural Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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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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As a British native this book was a painful listen. The attempts at British accents were cringingly awful and the pronunciation of certain words jarring. This is a shame as the plot and the storytelling were enjoyable, if at times a tad cliched. I would definitely recommend it as a book but would tell people to read for themselves and avoid the narration.

Good book ruined by the narration

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The story itself is brilliant, my reason for not giving 5 stars is a few of the chapters are very hard to listen to as they sound very computer generated, this isn’t the end of the world but definitely affects the overall experience.

Fantastic plot and Story

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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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I really enjoyed the story but the Australian, Irish, Newcastle, Liverpudlian accent of Brodie was extremely distracting. If you can’t do the accent don’t try. Bostonian would do!

The Awful Accent of the Would be British Characters

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Great story and well read cant wait for the next one to come out. Hope it wont be long

Excellent

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