Shadows on the Coast of Maine Lib/E

Product Description


Antique-print dealer Maggie Summer plans a relaxing visit to the coast of Maine where her old college friend Amy and her husband have just moved into an old house. Upon her arrival, she finds the usually sensible Amy fearful and skittish and her house and marriage in chaos. What is causing the mysterious noises, fires, and bizarre accidents in their new home? And why are their neighbors so angry?
Then Maggie meets her friend and possible romantic interest, Will Brewer, who has family connections to the house. He might provide some answers--if Maggie can trust him. And when disaster strikes, could it be that Maggie's prints hold a clue to this house's terrible secrets?


Review


"A fast and engaging read."-- "Booklist"


"Firmly grounded descriptions, solid prose, and believable characters."-- "Library Journal"


"Full of fascinating information about antiques and antique fairs."-- "Publishers Weekly"


About the Author


Lea Wait comes from a long line of antique dealers. The single adoptive parent of four Asian daughters adopted as older children, she is now married and lives in Maine where she runs an antique print business and writes the Maggie Summer series as well as historical novels for young readers. Her debut mystery, Shadows at the Fair, was nominated for an Agatha Award.


Celeste Lawson is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award nominee. She is the recording studio director for the Talking Books Program at the Library of Congress' National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. She was a dancer and an actor before finding her niche in the intriguing, challenging, and extremely satisfying world of narration. In Silver Spring, Maryland, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and cat, she practices yoga and continues to dance. Celeste has also recorded for Blackstone Audio under the name C. M. Hebert.


From AudioFile


Maggie Summer, professor and antique print dealer, is visiting her old college friend, Amy, and her husband in Maine. When she arrives, she discovers haunting in the house and chaos in the marriage. A preposterous plot involving a Civil War buff, family inheritances, sex, and jealousies of all sorts bumps along, surrounded by fog and the woods of Maine. A lot of antiquing, delicious meals, and small talk illuminate many distasteful mysteries, which end in the death of a young neighbor. Maggie and her swain poke around and help find the murderer. Celeste Lawson provides a lackluster, disinterested narration. Her inflections bring little drama to the plot, and the characters have no dimension. B.H.B. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine--
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