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An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery
by Lois Winston
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 of debt, and her hateful, cane-wielding Communist mother-in-law. Not to mention stunned disbelief over her late husband's secret gambling addiction, and the loan shark who's demanding fifty thousand dollars.
Anastasia's job as crafts editor for a magazine proves no respite when she discovers a dead body glued to her office chair. The victim, fashion editor Marlys Vandenburg, collected enemies and ex-lovers like Jimmy Choos on her ruthless climb to editor-in-chief.But when evidence surfaces of an illicit affair between Marlys and Anastasia's husband, Anastasia becomes the number one suspect.
"Starred Review. Crafty cozies don't get any better than this hilarious confection, the first in a new series from crafting expert Winston." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. May this be the first of many in Winston’s Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series." - Booklist
"This funny and clever debut almost makes the reader forget that there is not much of a mystery here. For cozy fans." - Library Journal
"Funny, gutsy and determined, Anastasia has a bright future in the planned series." - Kirkus
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Lois Winston (Westfield, NJ) is an award-winning author of romantic suspense and humorous women's fiction. She worked for several years as a crafts editor, and is also an award-winning designer of needlework and crafts projects. Visit her online at www.loiswinston.com.
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