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Mattie Winston Books in Order

Annelise Ryan has written 12 Mattie Winston books, published between 2009 and 2021. The first book is Working Stiff (2009) and the newest is Dead Even (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2009–2021
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
3,495 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,495 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Mattie Winston checklist

Mattie Winston is the central figure of a mystery series written by Annelise Ryan and catalogued as the Mattie Winston Mysteries. Recorded subjects place the books among coroners, murder, investigation and police work in Wisconsin. Twelve books carry Mattie Winston, from Working Stiff (2009) through Scared Stiff (2010), Frozen Stiff (2011), Lucky Stiff (2013) and Board Stiff (2014) to Dead Even (2021). No further title is scheduled.

How many Mattie Winston books are there?

Mattie Winston has 12 books, released between 2009 and 2021.

Mattie Winston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Mattie Winston books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Working Stiff by Annelise Ryan, book 1 of the Mattie Winston Mysteries series (2009)
  2. Cover of Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan, book 2 of the Mattie Winston Mysteries series (2010)
  3. Cover of Frozen Stiff by Annelise Ryan, book 3 of the Mattie Winston Mysteries series (2011)
  4. Cover of Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan, book 6 of the Mattie Winston Mysteries series (2015)
  5. Cover of Stiff Competition by Annelise Ryan, book 7 of the Mattie Winston Mysteries series (2016)
  1. 1
    Working StiffMattie Winston Mysteries #12009 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009336
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  2. 2
    Scared StiffMattie Winston Mysteries #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Frozen StiffMattie Winston Mysteries #32011 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011289
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  4. 4
    Lucky StiffMattie Winston Mysteries #42013 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013374
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  5. 5
    Board StiffMattie Winston Mysteries #52014 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014360
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  6. 6
    Stiff PenaltyMattie Winston Mysteries #62015 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015368
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  7. 7
    Stiff CompetitionMattie Winston Mysteries #72016 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016368
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  8. 8
    Dead in the WaterMattie Winston Mysteries #82017 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017344
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  9. 9
    Dead CalmMattie Winston Mysteries #92019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019352
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  10. 10
    Dead of WinterMattie Winston Mysteries #102020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  11. 11
    Dead RingerMattie Winston Mysteries #112020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  12. 12
    Dead EvenMattie Winston Mysteries #122021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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Do you have to read Mattie Winston books in order?

You should read the Mattie Winston books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Mattie Winston book also stands alone.

Where to start with Mattie Winston

Start with Working Stiff (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mattie Winston book?

Dead Even (2021) is the newest Mattie Winston book released so far.

Is there a new Mattie Winston book coming?

No next Mattie Winston book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mattie Winston at a glance

Paused
No new Mattie Winston title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Mattie Winston books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,495 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mattie Winston books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mattie Winston books are about

All 12 Mattie Winston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: coroners is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Series that include Mattie Winston books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.