| Shadows on the Ivy Contributor(s): Wait, Lea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743475585 ISBN-13: 9780743475587 Publisher: Gallery Books OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: Maggie Summer--professor, antique dealer, and sleuth--returns in a spirited and suspenseful new installment in the Agatha-nominated series that "beckons like a weekend in the country" ("The New York Times Book Review"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Antique Print Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.49 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Antique print dealer Maggie Summer is teaching a college course on Myths in American Culture, using prints by Currier & Ives and other nineteenth century artists to illustrate her points. As a faculty advisor, she's also dealing with the problems of students who are single parents: problems that turn dangerous when a young mother is poisoned, and events twist Maggie's own thoughts about motherhood. She suspects a sinister connection between the past and the present, and her prints could provide valuable clues. But some secrets are too hard to see -- even for an expert like Maggie -- and some crimes hit too close to home... |
Contributor Bio(s): Wait, Lea: - Lea Wait made her mystery debut with Shadows at the Fair, which was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Shadows on the Ivy, the third novel in her acclaimed series featuring Maggie Summer, is forthcoming in hardcover from Scribner. Lea comes from a long line of antiques dealers, and has owned an antique print business for more than twenty-five years. The single adoptive mother of four Asian girls who are now grown, she lives in Edgecomb, Maine. In addition to the Antique Print mysteries, Lea Wait writes historical fiction for young readers. Her first children's book, Stopping to Home, was named a Notable Book for Children in 2001 by Smithsonian magazine. Visit her website at www.leawait.com. |