Immerse In Dangling By A Thread (Mainely Needlepoint, #4) Interpreted By Lea Wait Delivered In Digital Edition

introduction to the Mainly Needlepoint series, Dangling by a Thread charms by being grounded in a wellrealized coastal Maine town.
Location is everything, especially considering land and the environment create conflict for the murder,

The novel leans into the usual tropes for contemporary cozies: female protagonist in her lates returns to small hometown after life in a big city, quirky local characters, a skepticism about both outsiders and the rich, a wise grandmother figure, and a love triangle.
Of course, none of these are drawbacks, exactly, but this book does play to the template for the genre,

The only exception is the body arrives rather late in the book, Though there is plenty of mystery here, be prepared for a lot of small town politics, Overall, a nice read. I cannot get enough of these books! Please Lea Wait do not stop writing about Angie Curtis and the Mainely Needlepointers! I would be so disappointed.


This story started out with Angie going down to the wharf early in the morning seeing the lobstermen getting ready to go out to get their daily catch.
While she is down there she notices a strange small boat come in with a strange looking man she has never seen before.
She asks around and all they tell her is they call him The Solitary, So she decides to follow him,

She follows him to the post Office but the post master does not tell her anything about him except that he comes into town to pick up his mail every week or two.


So she decides to visit one of the needlepointers, Dave to see how he is doing with some pillows she asked him to work up for her customer.
When she gets there, the stranger is leaving Dave's house in a hurry! Now she knows she will at least find out what his name is.
She finds out his name is Jesse Lockhart and he lives on King's Island where the Cormorant birds live and nest, just him and the birds!

He and Dave became friends when they were both in the VA hospital together.
Jesse told Dave all about the area where he grew up and Dave came to Maine and fell in love, bought a small house in Haven Harbor, went to college on the GI bill, and got a job as the biology teacher in the HH High School.


When Jesse got out of the hospital, he headed back to Maine and settled down on his Grandfathers Island.
He did not want to be bothered by other people, so he stayed on the island,

All the trouble started when a rich person stopped near the island and wanted to buy it! Jesse did not want to sell because the birds would have to leave.


When Jesse turns up dead, everyone involved thinks the sale will go through, but they did not think that jesse would change his part of the will to hold it up in court for many years to come!

This book was more exciting that the others and I am hoping that the newer ones to come will be even better.
Keep up the amazing work,Lea!


Dangling by a Thread is the fourth book in Lea Waits Mainely Needlepoint Mystery series and I have enjoyed them all.
One thing I like about this series is that not only is there a murder to be solved but there is always a secondary storyline that is just as interesting and often very timely.
You do not have to have read the other books in this series to follow along, but I find that I enjoy them much more if I do.


Protagonist Angie Curtis and her group of Mainely Needlepointers are a great cast of characters, They all lead very interesting lives, and are friendly, personable and play roles in the community, They run their business in the small town of Haven Harbor, Maine, There are several things going on with the Needlepointers in their personal lives in this book as well as their Needlepoint lives.
When Angie sees a strange man getting out of a small boat at the town dock, she follows him to see what he is up to.
Jesse Lockhart The Solitary lives alone on Kings Island, with no house, running water, or electricity, He is exmilitary and may be suffering from P, T. S. D. Kings Island, located three miles from Haven Harbor, Maine, is also a protected nesting area for the Great Cormorants, which are threatened.
It turns out that Jesse is a friend of one of the Mainely Needlepointers, Dave, At the same time Patrick and Skye West have also returned to Haven Harbor, Skye's brotherinlaw is visiting the area and wants to buy land to build a vacation home, It turns out that he and his wife fall in love with King's Island and want to buy it, When Angie finds out, she tells Dave so they can warn Jesse that his cousin and coowner of the island is on his way to Haven Harbor to convince Jesse to see the island.
This begins a string of tragedies and Angie is right in the middle of it, When the needlepointers get involved, they contact the Audubon Society and begin a "Save the Seabirds" campaign, A worthy cause and very important to the area,

I found this to be a wonderful story with a wellplotted storyline and great characters, This is a quick, smooth read with twists and turns and finally an ending that ties up all the loose ends, almost.
In this story, Sarah is having a relationship with a manyears her senior and is keeping it a secret, She says they are just friends, but is there more to it than that I hope we find out more in the next book coming out in.
When we find out who the killer is, it was not someone I suspected, but in retrospect, could definitely see it being that person.
I like that it makes sense and does not come out of left field, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading a wellcrafted cozy mystery, The publisher generously provided me with an advanced copy of this book to read and review,
I love how engaging the series is, This one was a bit contrived, I kept thinking "why didn't they just, " It didn't engage me. It was well written as the others have been, I was just very meh and "Why does no one else see who the killer is" through most of it, And I really disliked Sarah not being a part, she brings out the best of Angie, I'm trying not to say too much since I don't want to give away any of the plot, . . is it worth reading Hrm, . . maybe but I don't know if it adds to the series, Guess I'll find out when I read the next one And poor Dave, . . he's turned into aD character in this one Many have written a short synopsis of the plot so I will write about my thoughts after reading the book.
The Mainely Needlepoint series was my favorite new cozy mystery series for, One reason I liked it was that it was a little edgier than other cozy mystery series, Angie, the protagonist, had somewhat of a chip on her shoulder when she returned home to Maine after being in Arizona for ten years.
. In Arizona, she was an assistant to a private investigator, Angie is very independent, reads people very well, has a business mind and is not a girly girl, That being said, Angie seems to have homogenized in the fourth book into a more typical cozy protagonist, Some readers have stated they like this change and the softer Angie, So as readers, we all differ in what we prefer, The plot of the book did not interest me as much as the other books, It was written well and well developed though, I would have given it,if that rating was available,
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This is one series that I preorder and I will the next book, I do like this series very much, The secondary characters in this book bring a wealth of material to the series too, It seems no one character is featured along with Angie in every book, They all make appearances. This book featured Dave who is a high school teacher and does needlepoint for Angie, I've enjoyed all the books in this series, Mainely Needlepoint, this is book, We are back with Angie, Dave and all the other needle workers as they decide to help Jesse save the Great Cormorants in Haven Harbor, Maine.
Jesse's family has been trying to sell his island to developers declaring him incompetent but someone wasn't willing to wait and now Jesse is dead.
As always a great mystery with all the locals helping solve the murder and save the birds they all love,.This is a quick fun cozy mystery series, The Mainely Needlepoint series by Lea Wait has quickly become one of my new favorites, Dangling by a Thread was full of mystery: an abandoned island, a changed will, a love tryst, . . all the things that keep me intrigued, Unfortunately, someone had to die, and this time, it has connections to other characters in the series,

Wait has created such a strong background setting, I enjoy reading all about Maine and getting know several of the town's primary families, Bonds are tested. I was a little concerned about the romantic interests for Angie in this one, Sarah kinda likes Patrick, but now so does Angie, Dave was dangling on the side too, How would it all turn out I wasn't happy about the direction it seemed to be taking,

but it got better, and then in the end, boom! The whole thing was left unanswered.
I'm a major cliffhanger junkie, but this side story just went astray, The main murder plot also ended abruptly, so I had to knock off a star in the end, It was almost like "no clue who the killer is and then in last few pages, boom, . . the murderer is X, so The End, . . " done.

I'll still reading the otherin the series because I love the backdrop, and it reminds me of being somewhere I am quite fond of.
But hopefully Wait brings the love aspects back somehow, even just flirting would be okay, In terms of the mystery, it was strong throughout until the end, At leastsuspects many had some motives but which one would be the guilty party And those birds seemed quite menacing but kind at the same time.
What's up with that All I know, . . numberis on order already, Who's with me Dangling by a Thread, written by Lea Wait is a surefire page turner!

In this book, Angie meets Jesse Lockhart, a local hermit who prefers to live a solitary life on Kings Island, where his one passion is taking care of the Great Cormorants, a "threatened" bird species.


Local needle pointer Dave Perry is a friend of Jesse's, and when word spreads that a wealthy couple want to purchase King's Island as a vacation spot for a million dollar home to be built on, Dave tries to warn his friend.

Before Dave can actually warn his friend, he becomes the victim of a senseless accident that leaves him hospitalized,

Angie and her needle point family do all they can to help Jesse, but they might to be too late.


In the last review I wrote for this series, I expressed concern for Angie and her drinking,
I was stunned to see that the drinking was curbed in this book, it was a very pleasant surprise,

While Angie is still trying to come to terms with her past, she is making some dear friends and seems to be finding her way in the quaint town of Haven Harbor, Maine.


I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was an exciting read and I felt I could relate better to Angie in this story.


I am glad I decided to read this book, the changes in Angie were noticeable and the author really wove a wonderful tale that was hard to put down.


I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my fair and honest review.
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