The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen

 

Maggie Bird is a former spy as strange as that may seem.  She left the Agency almost two decades ago after her marriage collapsed.  For years she roamed the world, wondering where she might find a new life.  When she heard from other Agency friends about the small Maine town where they had all decided to retire, she visited and then bought an old farm.  Now she raises chickens and fills her days with farm tasks.  Her social life is her neighbor and his granddaughter and her friends from Agency days, Declan, Ben and married couple Ingrid and Lloyd.

All that changes when an Agency employee shows up at Maggie's farm asking her help to find another employee, Diana. Maggie hasn't seen Diana since that failed mission and has no information or interest in finding her.  The next day the woman's body is left in Maggie's driveway, bringing the interest of Jo Thibodeau, the local police chief.  When Maggie realizes that the last mission is now back in play and that everyone involved is in danger, she calls on her friends to help her find whoever is gunning for her.

Tess Gerritson is a mystery writer best known for her Rizzoli and Isles series.  This is the first entry in a new series and will receive a wide readership as younger readers will be drawn by the action and plots while older readers will resonate with the theme of older, wiser protagonists.  Maggie has been a lone wolf for many years but seems to be ready to perhaps find something more than friendship.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.