BOOK REVIEW: Twisted Threads (Mainely Needlepoint #1) by Lea Wait

Twisted Threads (Mainely Needlepoint #1)

by Lea Wait (Goodreads Author)

Paperback, 320 pages

Published January 6th 2015 by Kensington

Goodreads synopsis: Returning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine—a place she once called home—Angie Curtis finds her memories aren’t all quite pleasant ones…

    After leaving a decade ago, Angie has been called back to Harbor Haven by her grandmother, Charlotte, who raised her following her mother’s disappearance when she was a child. Her mother has been found, and now the question of her whereabouts has sadly become the mystery of her murder.

    The bright spot in Angie’s homecoming is reuniting with Charlotte, who has started her own needlepointing business with a group called Mainely Needlepointers. But when a shady business associate of the stitchers dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, Charlotte and Angie become suspects. As Angie starts to weave together clues, she discovers that this new murder may have ties to her own mother’s cold case…

I am loving this Mainely Needlework series. It was so fun to read. I am a cross-stitcher and I felt like I had come home while reading this book. I actually wished such a place really existed. If you do needlework of any kind, you should definitely pick up this novel.

It starts out with a cold case featuring the death of the main character's mother. Her body had been recently discovered in a freezer in the local baker's storage unit. Angie, the main character, is called back to Haven Harbor, Maine where she was working in the office of a private investigator. Her grandmother had started a needlework business called Mainely Needlework and she had gotten a lot of the locals to make some extra money stitching stuff. But a shady character who suggested he could be their agent slid into town and at first it was all good. Then the relationship went sour and suddenly the stitchers weren't getting paid for all their hard work. Gram asks Angie who has some knowledge of private investigation to look into finding this shady agent and getting their money back. Plus, to make things worse, the agent had conned all of the customer files from Gram so she didn't even know to whom they were selling all their wares and it was 'her' needlework business.

A lot more than that happens but I don't want to ruin it for the rest of you. It really kept me on the edge of my seat. I listened to it on my Kindle as I cross stitched. What a great experience. I can't wait for the next book which comes out in August! I will definitely be picking that one up.

5 Stars.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) from Net Galley in return for an honest review. I thank Net Galley, the author and the publisher for allowing me to read this title.