Left Bank Books Event – Tess Gerritsen

New York Times bestselling novelist Tess Gerritsen joins us to celebrate The Summer Guests, the just-released (March 18) second book in her espionage series set in midcoast Maine. Intrigue and spycraft combine in a classic Tess Gerritsen book—a well-plotted page-turner with endearing characters you’re compelled to cheer for.  The Summer Guests brings back retired CIA operative Maggie Bird and her colleagues in the Martini Club we met in The Spy Coast, the first book in this series. It also features local police chief Jo Thibodeau, with whom Maggie and her friends have an uneasy alliance.

Tess has said, “Of all my projects, this series feels the most personal to write because the story reflects my own feelings about growing older. I’m far more aware that the world considers older people, especially women, invisible. My heroine, Maggie Bird, is still sharp and capable, and it’s fun to see how she uses that invisibility to her advantage.”

Tess has written more than thirty books, which have been published in more than forty countries. Many have been bestsellers in the U.S. and abroad. Her series of police procedurals featuring Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT hit television series Rizzoli and Isles.