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    "description": "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.\n\nFormer 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\u0092s living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement.\n\nBut when a body turns up in Maggie\u0092s driveway, she knows it\u0092s a message from former foes who haven\u0092t forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends\u0097all retirees from the CIA\u0097to help uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why. This \u0093Martini Club\u0094 of former spies may be retired, but they still have a few useful skills that they\u0092re eager to use again, if only to spice up their rather sedate new lives.\n\nComplicating their efforts is Purity\u0092s acting police chief, Jo Thibodeau. More accustomed to dealing with rowdy tourists than homicide, Jo is puzzled by Maggie\u0092s reluctance to share information\u0097and by her odd circle of friends, who seem to be a step ahead of her at every turn.\n\nAs Jo\u0092s investigation collides with the Martini Club\u0092s maneuvers, Maggie\u0092s hunt for answers will force her to revisit a clandestine career that spanned the globe, from Bangkok to Istanbul, from London to Malta. The ghosts of her past have returned, but with the help of her friends\u0097and the reluctant Jo Thibodeau\u0097Maggie might just be able to save the life she\u0092s built.",
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