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Mattie Winston Mysteries Books in Order

Mattie Winston Mysteries by Annelise Ryan contains 12 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.

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Mattie Winston Mysteries is set in Wisconsin and filed under coroners, with Mattie Winston the recurring character. Annelise Ryan is credited on all 12 books. Murder, investigation, detectives, police and serial murders head the recorded subjects. A Stiff sequence opens the run - Working Stiff (2009), Scared Stiff (2010), Frozen Stiff (2011), Lucky Stiff (2013), Board Stiff (2014), Stiff Penalty (2015) and Stiff Competition (2016) - before Dead in the Water (2017), Dead Calm (2019), Dead of Winter (2020) and Dead Even (2021).

How many Mattie Winston Mysteries books are there?

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

Mattie Winston Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Mattie Winston Mysteries 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 Stiff2009 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009336
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  2. 2
    Scared Stiff2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Frozen Stiff2011 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011289
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  4. 4
    Lucky Stiff2013 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013374
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  5. 5
    Board Stiff2014 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014360
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  6. 6
    Stiff Penalty2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015368
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  7. 7
    Stiff Competition2016 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016368
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  8. 8
    Dead in the Water2017 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017344
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  9. 9
    Dead Calm2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019352
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  10. 10
    Dead of Winter2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  11. 11
    Dead Ringer2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  12. 12
    Dead Even2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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Is there a chronological order for Mattie Winston Mysteries?

No separate chronological order is on record for Mattie Winston Mysteries, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Mattie Winston Mysteries books in order?

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

Where to start with Mattie Winston Mysteries

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

What is the newest Mattie Winston Mysteries book?

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

Is there a new Mattie Winston Mysteries book coming?

No next Mattie Winston Mysteries 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 Mysteries at a glance

Paused
No new Mattie Winston Mysteries title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Mattie Winston Mysteries 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 Mysteries books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mattie Winston Mysteries books are about

All 12 Mattie Winston Mysteries 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.

Characters in the Mattie Winston Mysteries books

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