WISCASSET— Edgecomb author Lea Wait writes historical novels for ages 8 and up and the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series for adults. On Wednesday, September 10 she will be speaking about her latest mystery, Shadows on a Maine Christmas, at the Wiscasset Public Library (21 High Street) at 7 pm. Copies of both her mysteries and her historical novels set in 19th century Wiscasset will be available for purchase and signing.

Her New York Timespraised and Agatha Awardnominated Shadows Antique Print Mystery series are traditional mysteries featuring antique print dealer and professor Maggie Summer.

Shadows on a Maine Christmas, the seventh in the Shadows series, was published September 8. Shadows is called “intelligent and entertaining…(it) keeps the reader guessing until the very last page” by Suspense Magazine, “beautifully written” by Mysterious women, and “frothy as eggnog…loving descriptions of the Maine winter and the area’s strong sense of community” by Publishers Weekly.

Shadows on a Maine Christmas brings Maggie Summer back to Maine for the holidays. Will there be a romantic Christmas with snow and mistletoe? Or is something more sinister happening behind the small Maine town’s wreathed doors this season?

Lea Wait’s latest historical for ages 8-14, set in April 1861 Wiscasset during the first days of the Civil war, Uncertain Glory was published in April of this year. Twisted Threads, the first in her new Mainely Needlepoint series, will be published in January 2015.

All programs will feature New England authors on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. from September 3 through October 8. The remaining programs include the following:

September 17 – Deborah Gould – Household

September 24 – Van Reid – Moss Farm

October 1 – Paul Betit –The Man in the Canal

October 8 – Wendall Kinney – The Bull and I (CD)

A book signing will follow each event. Come to the library and meet these talented authors.

All Friends of the library programs are free and open to the public.