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Lea Wait

Lea Wait made her mystery debut with Shadows at the Fair, which was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Shadows on the Ivy, the third novel in her acclaimed series featuring Maggie Summer, is forthcoming in hardcover from Scribner. Lea comes from a long line of antiques dealers, and has owned an antique print business for more than twenty-five years. The single adoptive mother of four Asian girls who are now grown, she lives in Edgecomb, Maine. In addition to the Antique Print mysteries, Lea Wait writes historical fiction for young readers. Her first children's book, Stopping to Home, was named a Notable Book for Children in 2001 by Smithsonian... Read full bio

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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Wintering Well will be released on September 05, 2008 in eBook
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Advertiser Democrat, July 26, 2011
...Good Land," Shonna Milliken Humphrey; "Hull Creek," Jim Nichols and "Shadows of a Down East Summer," Lea Wait...
Writing well is the best revenge, July 14, 2011
..."Home Repair is Homicide" series starring Eastport, Maine's favorite old-house repair enthusiast and reluctant sleuth, Jake Tiptree. Lea Wait is convinced that, despite the date on her birth certificate, she had a 19th century childhood. In her latest,...
Mystery Fanfare, July 3, 2011
...worlds. If I put together another list of Antique Mysteries, I'll certainly include books by Jane Cleland, Lea Wait, Tamar Myers , and many others will be on that list. Mystery Readers Journal has had several issues focusing on Art & Antiques Mysteries ....
Reading the Past, May 31, 2011
...This skillfully drawn multi-period mystery blends present-day crime with scenes from 1890, a year when painter Winslow Homer was living and creating his masterworks along the picturesque Maine coast. American Studies professor and antique print dealer...