Lois Winston

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  • Bibliography:
    29 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2006
  • Latest Book:
    February 2026
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Full Series List in Order

An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery

1 - Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun (Jan-2011)
2 - Death by Killer Mop Doll (Jan-2012)
3 - Revenge of the Crafty Corpse (Jan-2013)
4 - Decoupage Can Be Deadly (Nov-2013)
5 - A Stitch To Die For (Jul-2015)
6 - Scrapbook of Murder (Sep-2017)
7 - Drop Dead Ornaments (Oct-2018)
8 - Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide (Oct-2019)
9 - A Sew Deadly Cruise (Oct-2020)
10 - Stitch, Bake, Die! (Oct-2021)
11 - Guilty as Framed (Sep-2022)
12 - A Crafty Collage of Crime (Jun-2023)
13 - Sorry, Knot Sorry (Jul-2024)
14 - Seams Like the Perfect Crime (Feb-2025)
15 - Embroidered Lies and Alibis (Feb-2026)

A Mom Squad Caper

1 - Moms in Black (Jan-2021)

Books in Order: 29 titles

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  • Embroidered Lies and Alibis

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 15

    A Stitch in Time Could Save a Life...When Anastasia's mother Flora is offered a free spa vacation from Jeremy Dugan, a man connected to her distant past, Anastasia and husband Zack suspect ulterior motives. After all, too-good-to-be-true often spells...

  • Seams Like the Perfect Crime

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 14

    When staffing shortages continue to hamper the Union County homicide squad, Detective Sam Spader once again turns to his secret weapon, reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack. How can she and husband Zack Barnes refuse when the victim is their ne...

  • Sorry, Knot Sorry

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 13

    Magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack may finally be able to pay off the remaining debt she found herself saddled with when her duplicitous first husband dropped dead in a Las Vegas casino. But as Anastasia has discovered, nothing in her life is e...

  • A Crafty Collage of Crime

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 12

    Wherever crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack goes, murder and mayhem follow. Her honeymoon is no exception. She and new husband, photojournalist (and possible spy) Zachary Barnes, are enjoying a walk in the Tennessee woods wh...

  • Guilty as Framed

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 11

    When an elderly man shows up at the home of reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack, she's drawn into the unsolved mystery of the greatest art heist in history. Boston mob boss Cormac Murphy has recently been released from prison. He refuses to be...

  • Stitch, Bake, Die!

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 10

    With massive debt, a communist mother-in-law, a Shakespeare-quoting parrot, and a photojournalist boyfriend who may or may not be a spy, crafts editor Anastasia Pollack already juggles too much in her life. So she's not thrilled when her magazine vol...

  • Moms in Black

    A Mom Squad Caper - 1

    When Cassandra Davenport applies for a job at www.savingtheworld.us, she expects to find a 'green' charity. Instead, she becomes the newest member of a covert organization run by ex-government officials. Dubbed the Mom Squad, the organization is the ...

  • A Sew Deadly Cruise

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 9

    Life is looking up for magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack. Newly engaged, she and photojournalist fiancé Zack Barnes are on a winter cruise with her family, compliments of a Christmas gift from her half-brother-in-law. Son Alex's girlfri...

  • Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 8

    Two and a half weeks ago magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack arrived home to find Ira Pollack, her half-brother-in-law, had blinged out her home with enough Christmas lights to rival Rockefeller Center. Now he’s crammed her small yard with eno...



  • Drop Dead Ornaments

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 7

    Anastasia Pollack’s son Alex is dating Sophie Lambert, the new kid in town. For their community service project, the high school seniors have chosen to raise money for the county food bank. Anastasia taps her craft industry contacts to donate mater...

  • Scrapbook of Murder

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 6

    Crafts and murder don’t normally go hand-in-hand, but “normal” deserted crafts editor Anastasia Pollack’s world nearly a year ago. Now, tripping over dead bodies seems to be the “new normal” for this reluctant amateur sleuth.When the daug...

  • Sleuthing Women II

    Sleuthing Women II: 10 Mystery Novellas is a collection of ten mysteries featuring murder and assorted mayhem by eleven critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling authors. Each novella is a tie-in to an established multi-book series--a tota...

  • Literally Dead

    After her last disastrous episode as an amateur sleuth, Gracie Elliott is back. The budding romance writer has spent the past year crafting her first novel. Her hard work and determination pay off when her manuscript wins the Cream of the Crop award,...

  • A Stitch To Die For

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 5

    Ever since her husband died and left her in debt equal to the gross national product of Uzbekistan, magazine crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack has stumbled across one dead body after another -- but always in work-related se...

  • Finding Mr. Right

    In this short story sequel to the award-winning Hooking Mr. Right by Lois Winston (writing as Emma Carlyle,) editor Grace Wainwright, has taken over the role of bestselling author and romance guru Dr. Trulee Lovejoy. Thea Chandler, the original Trule...

  • The Magic Paintbrush

    USA Today Bestselling AuthorWhen nine-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister Zoe are snowed in for days with nothing to do, their complaints land them in every guy's worst nightmare--the kingdom of Vermilion, a land where everything is totally p...

  • Definitely Dead

    An homage to Dashell Hammet’s Thin Man movies with a modern day spin on Nick and Nora Charles When her career is outsourced to Asia, fledgling romance author and empty-nester Gracie Elliott wants a job that will allow her time to write. So she open...

  • Crafty Crimes

    An anthology of three Anastasia Pollack mini-mysteries, companions to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series.Crewel IntentionsCrafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack receives a desperate phone call fro...

  • Patchwork Peril

    The third novella addition to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries.After rescuing her elderly neighbor Rosalie’s quilts from a rainstorm, Anastasia discovers Rosalie unconscious at the bottom of her basement stairs. Rosalie...



  • Decoupage Can Be Deadly

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 4

    In this fourth installment of the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, Anastasia and her fellow American Woman editors are steaming mad when minutes before the opening of a consumer show, they discover half their booth usurped by Bling!, their ...

  • Mosaic Mayhem

    The second novella to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series. So much for a romantic getaway...When cash-strapped mom and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack is offered an all-expense paid three-day trip to Barcelon...

  • Crewel Intentions

    In this novella addition to the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack receives a desperate phone call from former American Woman fashion editor Erica Milano. Erica...

  • Once Upon a Romance

    Four fun, flirty, and heartwarming short romances about love lost and found again by award-winning, critically acclaimed author Lois Winston, each story is a perfect coffee break read. Titles include: “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again!!!”, “Port...

  • Revenge of the Crafty Corpse

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 3

    Welcome to the dysfunctional world of crafts editor Anastasia Pollack. After her gambling husband croaked and left her with more bills than you can shake a knitting needle at, Anastasia takes a part-time job leading a crafts class for a group of unru...

  • Elementary, My Dear Gertie

    In this novella sequel to the award-winning Talk Gertie To Me, two years have passed since the happily-ever-after that isn't doing so well. Nori Stedworth has moved in with the love of her life, Mackenzie Randolph, much to her parents' displeasure. T...

  • Death by Killer Mop Doll

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 2

    Overdue bills and constant mother vs. mother-in-law battles at home are bad enough. But crafts editor Anastasia Pollack's stress level is maxed out when she and her fellow American Woman editors get roped into unpaid gigs for a revamped morning TV sh...

  • Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun

    An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery - 1

    A debut mystery featuring innovative crafts projects When Anastasia Pollack's husband permanently cashes in his chips at a roulette table in Vegas, her comfortable middle-class life is suddenly kaput. She's left with two teenage sons, a mountain o...

  • Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception

    A WHOLE LATTE LOVIN' Logan Crawford is gorgeous, charming, and his kisses make Emma feel like she's the only woman in the world. Oh, plus he's a billionaire. Not that Emma needs the money. As Philadelphia's most beloved heiress, she has it all: the ...

  • Talk Gertie to Me

    Nori Stedworth was living the good life. Her own apartment in Manhattan, a hotter-than-hot boyfriend, and the best coffee in the city right around the corner. That is, until the dot-com company she worked for went bust, she found her supposedly commi...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lois Winston has published 29 books.

The next book by Lois Winston, Embroidered Lies and Alibis, will be published in February 2026.

The first book by Lois Winston, Talk Gertie to Me, was published in April 2006.

Yes. Lois Winston has 2 series.
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