Thread the Halls (A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery)
By: Lea Wait
Rating: 5 of 5
I’ve read and enjoyed all six books in this series. While I think this book could be read stand-alone, I recommend reading the series in order as the character development and relationships are built from book to book.
The series is set in a fictitious town on the shore of Maine. My husband grew up in Camden, Maine and he tells me that Lea Wait is spot on in her descriptions of the types of individuals who live in Maine, the look and feel of the small towns that dot the coast line and also in her history of the state.
I am most interested in the mystery which I found to be interesting though I felt that a bit of the whodunnit was dropped on the reader towards the end of the book.
In this story, set at Christmas, Angie is called to help out at Aurora to decorate and assist Patrick in getting the house ready for his mother, actress Skye, when she decides, at the last minute, to spend the holiday there with some actors and others who are working on her latest movie project. Angie has to put aside her own plans and then gets caught up in solving the whodunnit when one of the visitors ends up dead.
Notwithstanding that, I enjoyed the book and look forward to where the next book will take the characters. I’m hoping that Patrick will develop a little more backbone where his mother is concerned and that Angie (his girlfriend and the main sleuth in the series) will put her foot down when Patrick or his mother (Skye) ask for too much of her.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.