{"id":2484,"date":"2022-10-14T01:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T01:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2022-10-10T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:43:27","slug":"guilty-as-framed-a-true-crime-cozy-mystery-mashup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/guilty-as-framed-a-true-crime-cozy-mystery-mashup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty as Framed: A True Crime\/Cozy Mystery Mashup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today my friend, Lois Winston, joins me here to talk a bit about her latest mystery release, Guilty as Framed<\/strong><\/em>, and how it came about:<\/p>\n

By Lois Winston<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"I write a cozy mystery series featuring a reluctant amateur sleuth who works as a crafts editor at a women\u2019s magazine. I\u2019m also what you might call a newsaholic<\/em>. As such, many of my plots are inspired by news and human-interest stories I read about in the newspaper and see on the evening news. A story that piques my interest will often become the inspiration for a plot or subplot for one of my books.<\/p>\n

However, for Guilty as Framed<\/em>, the latest book in my Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series, I\u2019ve veered from being inspired by an actual crime to creating a plot that revolves around an actual crime. For decades, I\u2019ve been fascinated by the burglary that occurred at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. I followed the investigation as it unfolded and have read countless articles on this still unsolved crime. I\u2019ve also watched several documentaries about the burglary and the efforts to find both the perpetrators and the missing artworks. Thirty-two years later, it\u2019s still considered the largest art heist in history. To this day, not only haven\u2019t the perpetrators been caught, but none of the artworks have ever been recovered. Hampering the ongoing investigation is the fact that many of the witnesses and persons of interest have since died, some of natural causes, and at least one of not-so-natural causes.<\/p>\n

When I was mulling ideas for the eleventh book in my series, I wanted to incorporate the museum heist into the plot. I set myself quite a challenge. How could I tie a factual Boston cold case into the plot of a contemporary cozy mystery series that takes place in New Jersey?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the beauty of writing fiction rather than true crime. I invented some new characters, changed the names of others (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent), and wove various events from the actual crime into the plot that became\u00a0Guilty as Framed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Too bad along the way I couldn\u2019t solve the mystery of the missing paintings. There\u2019s still a huge outstanding reward for information leading to their recovery.<\/p>\n

Guilty as Framed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, Book 11<\/em><\/p>\n

When an elderly man shows up at the home of reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack, she\u2019s drawn into the unsolved mystery of the greatest art heist in history.<\/p>\n

Boston mob boss Cormac Murphy has recently been released from prison. He doesn\u2019t believe Anastasia\u2019s assertion that the man he\u2019s looking for doesn\u2019t live at her address and attempts to muscle his way into her home. His efforts are thwarted by Anastasia\u2019s fianc\u00e9 Zack Barnes.<\/p>\n

A week later, a stolen SUV containing a dead body appears in Anastasia\u2019s driveway. Anastasia believes Murphy is sending her a message. It\u2019s only the first in a series of alarming incidents, including a mugging, a break-in, another murder, and the discovery of a cache of jewelry and an etching from the largest museum burglary in history.<\/p>\n

But will Anastasia solve the mystery behind these shocking events before she falls victim to a couple of desperate thugs who will stop at nothing to get what they want?<\/p>\n

Buy Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paperback: <\/strong>https:\/\/amzn.to\/3QLEYU5<\/strong><\/a>
\nHardcover: <\/strong>https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ans5s6<\/strong><\/a>
\nKindle: <\/strong>https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tLnT3d<\/strong><\/a>
\nKobo: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/guilty-as-framed<\/strong><\/a>
\nApple Books: <\/strong>https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/guilty-as-framed\/id6442846272<\/strong><\/a>
\nNook: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/guilty-as-framed-lois-winston\/1141500980?ean=2940185728703<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bio:<\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

USA Today<\/em> and Amazon bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women\u2019s fiction, children\u2019s chapter books, and nonfiction under her own name and her Emma Carlyle pen name. Kirkus Reviews<\/em> dubbed her critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, \u201cNorth Jersey\u2019s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.\u201d 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. Learn more about Lois and her books at her website www.loiswinston.com<\/a> where you can also sign up for her newsletter and follow her on various social media sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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