Thread and Buried
Needlepointers Angie and Sarah are helping with set design for the movie being shot in their little New England hometown—but as the lighthouse and the wharves bustle with activity, a real-life drama is about to unfold. The director, Marv Mason, has been harassing the pretty young female lead, and the two exchanged heated words at a lobster bake. Now someone’s lowered the boom on him.
After a wayward piece of sound equipment sends him to his death, theories fly about who went off-script. Meanwhile, a local woman’s tragic story about a true love lost at sea, which originally inspired the film, may lead to murderous revelations from long ago. Angie’s got to unravel these mysteries, and may need to give more than one killer the hook
Series: A Mainly Needlepoint Mystery – Book #9
Author: Lea Wait
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Crafts/Hobby
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 272
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From Kensington Books comes the ninth book in the “A Mainly Needlepoint Mystery” hobby cozy series by Lea Wait, Thread, and Buried.
This enormously popular hobby cozy series has grown in leaps and bounds through each new book. The author has always had a grasp on what makes a good story that readers can sink their teeth into and keep turning the page until the very end. She also knows how to keep the identity of the killer a surprise, which makes it difficult to put the book down.
Angie is the type of character in a hobby cozy series that keeps things interesting, even when she sticks her nose where it doesn’t belong. This time she is involved right from the beginning, without intending to be. Along with her friend Sarah, Angie is helping with the set design of a movie, and even though they are ready, the script, the actors, and the writers aren’t. Due to the director changing his mind about everything. Until someone puts an end to him.
The killer isn’t apparent, or even if there is, in fact, a murder. All signs point to an accident, but… is it real or is it something far more sinister? These are the questions the characters and readers must answer in order to get to the truth in this hobby cozy book. The suspects all have reasons to have committed murder. The clues will lead readers down a rabbit hole. If they aren’t following all of the clues and or miss one, they may not be able to come to the correct conclusion. Which is exactly what readers want in a great mystery.
Thread and Buried is a great book and fits in well with this hobby cozy series. I am happy to recommend it to readers who enjoy hobbies, movies, and a killer conundrum. I caution new readers and old alike that there may not be any further additions to this series due to the death of the author.
Other hobby cozy series readers may also enjoy include Vivian Conroy’s charming “Stationery Shop Mystery” or Sally Goldenbaum’s wonderful “Queen Bees Quilt Shop”.
About the Author:
It is with deep sadness that Lea passed away on August 9, 2019. She was a wonderful writer and a creative storyteller who will be greatly missed. Below is the obituary provided by her family.
Author Eleanor Sally Wait, a resident of Edgecomb, Maine known as Lea to her friends and fans, died at 1:00 pm EDT on August 9, 2019, in her home on Eddy Road, Edgecomb, Maine of pancreatic cancer. She was seventy-three. Lea was predeceased last year by her husband, artist Bob Thomas. Her parents, George and Sally Wait, also predeceased her.
Lea was born in Boston, grew up in Edgecomb, Maine, and Glen Ridge, New Jersey, graduated from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, and received M.A. and DWD degrees from New York University. For thirty years she worked as a public relations or strategic planning manager for AT&T, while she was raising her four daughters, who she adopted as a single parent.
Lea was one of the first single people in the United States to adopt internationally after laws changed in 1975, and for twenty-five years was active as an advocate for adoption, especially adoption of older children and adoption by single parents. She founded Adoptive Single Parents of New Jersey, the largest organization of single adoptive parents at the time, and worked informally with agencies to help hundreds of children find homes with single adults and couples. For forty years, she was also a fourth-generation antique dealer, specializing in antique prints.
In 1998 Lea moved full-time to Maine and began writing fiction. She wrote three mystery series – the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series, the Mainely Needlepoint series, and the Maine Murder series (under the name Cornelia Kidd.) She also wrote a stand-alone historical mystery for adults, one mystery for young people, and seven historical novels for young people. Her book Living and Writing on The Coast Of Maine told the story of her life with her beloved husband, and what it was really like to be an author.
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