Tag Archives: Shadows of a Down East Summer

Weekend Update: June 28-29,2014

Posted on June 28, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Vicki Doudera (Monday), Lea Wait (Tuesday), Jim Hayman (Wednesday), Barb Ross (Thursday), and John Clark (Friday). Happy Fourth of July to all our US readers! In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barbara Ross, Books in Boothbay, drawing for free book, Ho Ho Homicide, James Hayman, John Clark, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kennebunk, Lea Wait, Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Myseries, Maine Crime Writers news, Mainely Murders, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Vicki Doudera | Leave a comment

Paths of Research … Diderot and Me

Posted on August 29, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, I write historical novels for young people as well as my mysteries for adults, so I’m very familiar with researching the past. Often I also do historical research for my Shadows Antique Print Mystery … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged antique prints, Diderot's Encyclopedia, Hermes, L'Art d'Ecrire, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, Prouts Neck, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Shadows on a Maine Christmas, Winslow Homer | 6 Comments

Cooking (From)The Books

Posted on January 27, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, so far I’ve been published in two genres: historical fiction for young people, and contemporary mysteries for adults. But besides my name on the cover, my books have other characteristics in common. Of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts | Tagged anadama bread, blueberry cake, Boothbay Harbor, cod chowder, cooking in books, diet cola, Finest Kind, food in books, lasagna, Lea Wait, Seaward Born, Shadows at the Spring Show, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Shadows on the Ivy, shrimp pie, Stopping to Home, Wintering Well | 6 Comments

Getting to Know Lea Wait

Posted on September 25, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Jim Hayman: Mystery readers know Lea Wait as (perhaps?) the alter ego of Maggie Summer, the protagonist of Lea’s 5-book Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series, the most recent of which is Shadows of a Down East Summer. Maggie has an … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts, Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Agatha, AT&T, Banned in Boston, Bernardsville, Boston, Chatham College, Dry Sack, Glen Ridge, Greenwich Village, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, New Jersey, New York Foundling Hospital, New York University, Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Scribner, Shadows Antique Print Mystery, Shadows at the Fair, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Simon & Schuster, single parent adoption, Somerset County, Stopping to Home, Winslow Homer, Wiscasset, World Trade Center | 2 Comments

“Warning! Adult Book!” In the Eyes of the Beholder Lea Wait

Posted on September 22, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

Since I write in two genres, at book events focusing solely on books for adults OR solely books for children, I often find myself the only author wearing two hats. That’s what happened last weekend. While it felt as though most of the mystery writers … Continue reading →