Twisted Threads
(A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery)
New Cozy Mystery Series
Setting: Maine
Kensington Publishing
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1617730047
E-Book ASIN: B00LCDSPQK
Returning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine—a place she once called home—Angie Curtis finds her memories aren’t all quite pleasant ones…
After leaving a decade ago, Angie has been called back to Harbor Haven by her grandmother, Charlotte, who raised her following her mother’s disappearance when she was a child. Her mother has been found, and now the question of her whereabouts has sadly become the mystery of her murder.
The bright spot in Angie’s homecoming is reuniting with Charlotte, who has started her own needlepointing business with a group called Mainely Needlepointers. But when a shady business associate of the stitchers dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, Charlotte and Angie become suspects. As Angie starts to weave together clues, she discovers that this new murder may have ties to her own mother’s cold case…
Dollycas’s Thoughts
This is the first book I have read by Lea Wait. I didn’t know about her other series. I was on Amazon searching for books to add to my Books Coming Soon page and the cover just pulled me right in. The book arrived and story picked up right where the cover left off.
Angie is quite a woman as is her grandmother, Charlotte. To survive having your mother/daughter disappear without a trace is just tragic. Then all these years later her body is found so very close to her home. That is heart wrenching. Angie and Charlotte had moved on with their lives but they had grown apart. Angie ended up in Arizona and didn’t visit very often. When her grandmother call her home her number one mission is to find the person who killed her mother. But her grandmother needed her help with another matter as well. Once she is home the women pick up like they were never apart and Angie starts to feel at home again in Harbor Haven. There have been some changes, some good, some bad, but Angie learns you can go home again.
These are 2 extraordinary characters and I was able to relate to them so easily. The needlepoint thread that pulls the plots together is a strong one. I loved that both men and women were part of the Mainely Needlepointers. Needlepoint can be very relaxing and challenging at the same time. Angie is barely a beginner and her grandmother is the expert and the rest of the group falls everywhere in between.
The murder from the past collides with the murder in the present and Angie is like a dog with bone as tries to untwist all the threads to solve both cases. As she does this she reacquaints herself with the people of Harbor Haven. She gets together with her old friends and meets several new residents.
The town is a hot spot for tourists so it is the perfect setting for a new cozy series. The author has really grabbed my attention with this first book. I am so excited for the next one. Charlotte has a big day to plan for and Angie has a new job. Threads of Evidence comes out in September.
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I love her Antique Print Mysteries and I think you will too. Looking forwar to this series as well.
looks great, thank you for the chance to win
I enjoyed her Antique Print mysteries and am looking forward to this one.
This book does sound so good. Thanks for the chance to win.
Sounds like a good cozy.
I love her Antique Print Mysteries series! I am looking forward to starting this new series!! Thank you for the review & giveaway chance. Happy New Year!
Another new to me author and this sounds so good, I will have to look into her other series. Thanks!
Anything to do with being crafty reminds me of my mom. Sounds like a good cozy!
I think I have print copies of all but the latest if you want to borrow them. Latest i did as a digital copy. I think you will like the series. 🙂
Sounds like a book I’d like explore further.
Love the cover. Sounds like a good book. She is new to me too.
Sue B
Love her Antique Print series, am looking forward to starting this one too.
If the title and cover art hadn’t already grabbed me, the two mysteries in one sure would. I love discovering a new cozy series.
The book sounds great! Lea Wait is a new author for me.
new author to me.book sounds good. thanks for the chance.
great cover – can’t wait to read what’s inside. Think I should also bring out my needle work again!
Sounds great. Love to read it.
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