Random Things Tours: The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen

 

Did you ever wonder what happens with spies when they retire? How can one spend a quiet, retired life, after being so many years on the forefront of secret missions and adrenaline-fuelled days in a row?

Take, for instance, the sweet Maggie Bird, the main character of the newest book by New York bestseller author Tess Gerritsen, Spy Coast. A former successful CIA operative, with a traumatic past of seeing her loved ones killed in missions, she is spending a quiet life, surrounded by nature and chicken cops in a small remote place in Maine. Everything seemed to come along together in a very quiet way, until...surprise...corpse is showing up near her home. Some may consider it an accident, but in a spy life, nothing really happens by accident. Thus, she is back to her old network of knowledgeable friends in order to find out who really is targetting her. Because, as Maggie well knows, she may be the next target.

The construction of the book is flawless, with so many actions and events which are not leaving you any time to breath. It´s a roller coaster of a book, packed with events and with an action that does not let you guess the next step. It is like we are invited to be part of a secret mission ourselves, following into the dangerous steps of our character. Gerritsen writing flows so naturally, allowing automony and freedom to the characters to develop.

Personally, I was also very much pleased by the character, a woman spy, an encounter I would be very happy to have in spy novels, still dominated by male protagonists. 

Spy Coast is an excellent novel, both in terms of writing,character building and the action. A perfect and thoughtful too reading recommended if you are looking for an eventful weekend read.

Rating: 5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own