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Home / Authors / Lois Winston Lois Winston American author Lois Winston is best known for the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries series. Her books have garnered multiple awards, including an Agatha nomination. This page provides the Lois Winston books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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2006 Talk Gertie to Me POoGB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun POoAPCMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Top Ten Reasons Your Novel Is Rejected: And How to Avoid Them POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Death by Killer Mop Doll POoAPCMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Elementary, My Dear Gertie POoGB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Crewel Intentions POoAPCMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Once Upon a Romance POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Revenge of the Crafty Corpse POoAPCMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 Mosaic Mayhem POoAPCMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 Decoupage Can Be Deadly POoAPCMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Definitely Dead POoENMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 The Magic Paintbrush POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Someone to Watch Over Me(As:Emma Carlyle) POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Lost in Manhattan(As:Emma Carlyle) POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Hooking Mr. Right: A Romance with Recipes(As:Emma Carlyle) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 Patchwork Peril POoAPCMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2014 Crafty Crimes POoAPCMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2015 Finding Mr. Right POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Four Uncles and a Wedding(As:Emma Carlyle) POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2015 A Stitch to Die for POoAPCMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Literally Dead POoENMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2017 Scrapbook of Murder POoAPCMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2018 Drop Dead Ornaments POoAPCMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2019 Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide POoAPCMB · 12 Buy ↗ 2020 A Sew Deadly Cruise POoAPCMB · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 Moms in Black: A Mom Squad Caper POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2021 Stitch, Bake, Die! POoAPCMB · 14 Buy ↗ 2022 Guilty as Framed POoAPCMB · 15 Buy ↗ 2024 Sorry, Knot Sorry POoAPCMB · 16 Buy ↗ 2026 Embroidered Lies and Alibis POoAPCMB · 17 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Books 17 books · 2010–2026
01 Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun 2010 Buy ↗ 02 Death by Killer Mop Doll 2012 Buy ↗ 03 Crewel Intentions 2012 Buy ↗ 04 Revenge of the Crafty Corpse 2013 Buy ↗ 06 Decoupage Can Be Deadly 2013 Buy ↗ 07 Patchwork Peril 2014 Buy ↗ 09 A Stitch to Die for 2015 Buy ↗ 10 Scrapbook of Murder 2017 Buy ↗ 11 Drop Dead Ornaments 2018 Buy ↗ 12 Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide 2019 Buy ↗ 13 A Sew Deadly Cruise 2020 Buy ↗ 14 Stitch, Bake, Die! 2021 Buy ↗ 15 Guilty as Framed 2022 Buy ↗ 16 Sorry, Knot Sorry 2024 Buy ↗ 17 Embroidered Lies and Alibis 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2012
01 Top Ten Reasons Your Novel Is Rejected: And How to Avoid Them 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Gertie Books 2 books · 2006–2012
01 Talk Gertie to Me 2006 Buy ↗ 02 Elementary, My Dear Gertie 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Empty Nest Mystery Books 2 books · 2014–2016
01 Definitely Dead 2014 Buy ↗ 02 Literally Dead 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 5 books · 2007–2015
01 Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception 2007 Buy ↗ 02 Someone to Watch Over Me(As:Emma Carlyle) 2014 Buy ↗ 03 Lost in Manhattan(As:Emma Carlyle) 2014 Buy ↗ 04 Hooking Mr. Right: A Romance with Recipes(As:Emma Carlyle) 2014 Buy ↗ 05 Four Uncles and a Wedding(As:Emma Carlyle) 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2013
01 Once Upon a Romance 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2014–2021
01 The Magic Paintbrush 2014 Buy ↗ 02 Finding Mr. Right 2015 Buy ↗ 03 Moms in Black: A Mom Squad Caper 2021 Buy ↗