Lea Wait Books in Order
Lea Wait has written 30 books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is Shadows at the Fair (2002) and the newest is Thread and Buried (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2002–2019
- Pages on record
- 5,922 in 23 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 99–148 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,922 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Lea Wait (1946-2019) wrote mysteries for adults and historical fiction for readers aged 7 and up, much of it set in Maine. The Antique Print Mysteries open with Shadows at the Fair (2002) and name Maggie Summer among their characters; the Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries are her other adult series, and Seaward Born and the Maine Murder Mysteries complete the catalogue. Thirty books close with Thread and Buried (2019).
How many Lea Wait books are there?
Lea Wait has 30 books, released between 2002 and 2019. They include 4 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
Lea Wait Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Lea Wait books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12002–2/4
- 220031602/4
- 3Stopping to Home2003 · 150 pages · confirmed 2/420031502/4
- 420033522/4
- 520042472/4
- 6Writing Children's Books2006 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/420061862/4
- 7Wintering Well2006 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420061922/4
- 8Finest Kind2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420062562/4
- 920062562/4
- 1020112362/4
- 1120132362/4
- 12Uncertain Glory2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 1320142172/4
- 1420153202/4
- 15Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 162015–2/4
- 1720153042/4
- 1820153042/4
- 1920163042/4
- 202016–2/4
- 21Pizza To Die For2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 2220173202/4
- 2320173202/4
- 2420183302/4
- 25For Freedom Alone2018 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/420181322/4
- 26Contrary Winds2018 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/420181882/4
- 2720183042/4
- 28Justice & Mercy2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 2920193042/4
- 3020193042/4
Lea Wait books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries in order
9 booksAntique Print Mysteries in order
8 booksSeaward Born in order
2 booksMaine Murder Mysteries in order
1 bookStandalone books
10 books10 Lea Wait titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lea Wait books in order?
You only need to read Lea Wait books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Lea Wait
Start with Shadows at the Fair (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lea Wait book?
Thread and Buried (2019) is the newest Lea Wait book released so far.
Is there a new Lea Wait book coming?
No next Lea Wait book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lea Wait at a glance
- Died
- Lea Wait died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Lea Wait on record dates from 2019.
- Release pace
- Lea Wait books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,922 pages across the 23 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lea Wait books, 21 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lea Wait books are about
22 of the 30 Lea Wait books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: antique dealers is tagged on 6 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Antique dealers 6 of 22 books
- Investigation 6 of 22 books
- Murder 6 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 22 books
- Prints 6 of 22 books
- Maggie Summer (Fictitious character) 5 of 22 books
- Collectors and collecting 4 of 22 books
- History 4 of 22 books
- Maine 4 of 22 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 22 books
- Women college teachers 3 of 22 books
- Brothers and sisters 2 of 22 books