Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries Books in Order

Anastasia's husband dies and leaves her buried in debt, hounded by a loan shark, and stuck with her vicious mother-in-law. Then a coworker is found glued to her desk, and Anastasia becomes a murder suspect.

A former colleague in Witness Protection calls Anastasia from western Pennsylvania, terrified that someone is stalking her. Anastasia heads in to help, hoping she can repay an old debt before the stalker turns deadly.

Forced to help with a revamped morning TV show, Anastasia expects stress and unpaid work, not murder. When the producer is killed and suspects pile up, her snooping puts her squarely in danger.

At a consumer show, office politics and a flashy new rival magazine already have Anastasia fuming. Then a celebrity editor is found dead in a shipping crate packed with Anastasia's crafts.

An all-expenses-paid getaway to Barcelona sounds like a miracle until Anastasia lands in the sights of a Spanish crime syndicate. What should have been a romantic break becomes a frantic fight to stay alive.

Teaching craft classes at her mother-in-law's assisted living center seems like easy extra money. Then a sharp-tongued ninety-eight-year-old turns up dead, and Lucille becomes the prime suspect.

This collection gathers three short Anastasia Pollack mini-mysteries. A stalking case, a dangerous trip to Barcelona, and suspicion around an injured neighbor give Anastasia three fast, crafty puzzles to solve.

After rescuing her elderly neighbor's quilts from a storm, Anastasia finds the woman injured at the bottom of the stairs. When a supposedly helpful niece arrives, Anastasia has to decide whether paranoia or attempted murder is at work.

A nasty neighbor is targeted, strange incidents pile up, and Anastasia starts to think someone is sending her a message. With Halloween closing in, murder suddenly feels uncomfortably close to home.

While creating a memorial scrapbook for a friend's mother, Anastasia finds a letter that exposes a fifty-year-old secret. The discovery stirs up old scandal and sends a killer back into motion.

Anastasia helps local teens make ornaments for a holiday crafts fair and meets the secretive father of her son's girlfriend. When a woman turns up dead and he is arrested, family loyalty pulls Anastasia back into sleuthing.

When Anastasia tries to return her half-brother-in-law's outrageous Christmas decorations, she walks into neighborhood chaos. The next morning the man's attacker is dead in Santa's sleigh, and Anastasia is asked to clear his name.

Anastasia's family cruise starts badly when a stranger fixates on her engagement ring. Before long, buried secrets and a dead body turn the getaway into a very dangerous trip at sea.

Anastasia and her friend Cloris are sent to a conference for retired professional women, expecting crafts and cooking, not fraud and murder. Trapped by an ice storm at the country club, Anastasia has to untangle scams, secrets, and a killer.

An elderly visitor pulls Anastasia into an old art theft just as a Boston mob boss starts throwing his weight around. When a corpse turns up in a stolen SUV in her driveway, the danger gets very real.

A true crime podcast and possible TV deal could finally solve Anastasia's money problems, if she can stomach the exposure. But layoffs, fresh bodies, and off-screen chaos make fame look a lot less appealing.

Anastasia's mother is offered a free spa trip by a man tied to her past, and Anastasia immediately smells trouble. A con, a kidnapping, and bodies in a nearby public garden leave her chasing two tangled crimes at once.