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USA Today and Amazon bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s chapter books, and nonfiction under her own name and her Emma Carlyle pen name. Kirkus Reviews dubbed her critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” In addition, Lois is a former literary agent and an award-winning craft and needlework designer who often draws much of her source material for both her characters and plots from her experiences in the crafts industry.

Visit Lois and Emma at www.loiswinston.com and visit Anastasia at the Killer Crafts & Crafty ...more

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BOOK CLUB FRIDAY--AN INTERVIEW WITH MYSTERY, THRILLER, AND HORROR AUTHOR FALLON RAYNES

Today we sit down for a chat with thriller, mystery, and horror author Fallon Raynes. Learn more about her and her books at her website.

When did you realize you wanted to write novels?

I had written short stories and poems on and off since I was young. I never really thought about being an author until I came across self-published authors and loved their stories. The internet

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	Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #1) 3.50 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Killer Mop Doll (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleuthing Women: 10 First-in-Series Mysteries by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author), Jonnie Jacobs, Judy Alter (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Crafty Corpse (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stitch to Die For (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Book 5) 4.20 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleuthing Women II: 10 Mystery Novellas by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author), Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author), Laura Griffin (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decoupage Can Be Deadly (an Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #4) 4.21 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception 3.47 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drop Dead Ornaments (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Book 7) 4.38 avg rating — 47 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Boxed Set: Books 1-2 4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries (8 books)
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Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mini-Mystery (4 books)
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“Our hearts do not need logic.They can love and forgive and accept that which our minds cannot comprehend.Hearts understand in ways minds cannot.”
― Lois Winston

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“I prayed fervently every night to the Patron Saint of Interior Plumbing that I hadn’t inherited Mama’s weak bladder.”
― Lois Winston, Death by Killer Mop Doll

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