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Lois Winston

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Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Crafts & Hobbies

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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--AUTHOR LOIS WINSTON MAKES LEMONADE FROM LEMONS

Sometimes things slip through the cracks. Such was the case today. Our featured author was juggling too many balls in the air and dropped one. Unfortunately, we were that dropped ball. So we’ve had to reschedule her to another date.

However, in the time-honored tradition of making lemonade from lemons, this gives us one last opportunity to remind all of you that the ebook sale on the bestselli

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	Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #1) 3.51 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Death by Killer Mop Doll (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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) 3.87 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2013 — 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) 3.87 avg rating — 206 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
	Decoupage Can Be Deadly (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #4) 4.22 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Stitch to Die For (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #5) 4.19 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2015 — 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: Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun / Death by Killer Mop Doll 4.27 avg rating — 98 ratings	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 3.48 avg rating — 118 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
	Sleuthing Women II: 10 Mystery Novellas by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author), Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author), Laura Griffin (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 79 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
	Drop Dead Ornaments (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #7) 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2018 — 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

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Lois Winston wrote a new blog post BOOK CLUB FRIDAY--AUTHOR LOIS WINSTON MAKES LEMONADE FROM LEMONS Sometimes things slip through the cracks. Such was the case today. Our featured author was juggling too many balls in the air and dropped one. Unfort Read more of this blog post »
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Lois Winston and 2 other people liked Maggie's review of Stitch, Bake, Die! (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #10): "A magazine assignment at a crafting conference lands Anastasia Pollack and her friend in harm’s way. The rash of deaths turn this into one of Anastasia’s most deadly adventures. Stitch, Bake, Die is aptly named but don’t be thinking this is a simple w" Read more of this review »
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Lois Winston and 2 other people liked Nancy's review of Stitch, Bake, Die! (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #10): "When crafts editor Anastasia Pollack is assigned to judge a needlework competition at a ritzy resort, she doesn’t expect to encounter a killer. She’s just happy to escape her nutty mother-in-law that resides with her. She and her colleague, Cloris, m" Read more of this review »
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Lois Winston and 1 other person liked Kathleen's review of Stitch, Bake, Die! (Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery #10): "Stitch, Bake, Die! Earns 5/5 Hardanger Stitches…Twisty Delight! Naomi Dreyfus, editor of American Woman, agreed to be a sponsor of the first mini-conference of the New Jersey Chapter of the Stitch and Bake Society, an organization that brings retirees" Read more of this review »
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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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“thank-you note. Often their motives are more avaricious than”
― Lois Winston, Decoupage Can Be Deadly

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