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Home / Authors / Betty Hechtman Betty Hechtman Betty Hechtman is an American author best known for the *Yarn Retreat Mysteries* and *Crochet Mysteries* series. Her cozy crime novels have sold over one million copies worldwide. This page provides the Betty Hechtman books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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2006 Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes POoBSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Hooked on Murder POoCMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Dead Men Don't Crochet POoCMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 By Hook or by Crook POoCMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 A Stitch in Crime POoCMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 You Better Knot Die POoCMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 Behind the Seams POoCMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2012 If Hooks Could Kill POoCMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2013 Yarn to Go POoYRMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 For Better or Worsted POoCMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2014 Silence of the Lamb's Wool POoYRMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Knot Guilty POoCMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2015 Wound Up in Murder POoYRMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 Gone with the Wool POoYRMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2016 Seams Like Murder POoCMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2016 Hooking for Trouble POoCMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2017 A Tangled Yarn POoYRMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2018 Inherit the Wool POoYRMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2018 On the Hook POoCMB · 12 Buy ↗ 2018 Hooks Can Be Deceiving POoCMB · 13 Buy ↗ 2019 Knot on Your Life POoYRMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2021 Murder Ink POoWFHMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 Writing a Wrong POoWFHMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2021 But Knot for Me POoYRMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 One for the Hooks POoCMB · 14 Buy ↗ 2022 Making It Write POoWFHMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 Knot a Game POoYRMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2023 Sentenced to Death POoWFHMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2023 Killer Hooks POoCMB · 15 Buy ↗ 2024 Knot Dead Again POoYRMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2025 Death Among the Stitches POoACaCMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2025 Murder by the Hook POoCMB · 16 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Yarn Retreat Mysteries Books 10 books · 2013–2024
02 Silence of the Lamb's Wool 2014 Buy ↗ 03 Wound Up in Murder 2015 Buy ↗ 04 Gone with the Wool 2016 Buy ↗ 05 A Tangled Yarn 2017 Buy ↗ 06 Inherit the Wool 2018 Buy ↗ 07 Knot on Your Life 2019 Buy ↗ 08 But Knot for Me 2021 Buy ↗ 10 Knot Dead Again 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Blue Schwartz Books 1 book · 2006
01 Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes 2006 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Writer For Hire Mysteries Books 4 books · 2021–2023
02 Writing a Wrong 2021 Buy ↗ 03 Making It Write 2022 Buy ↗ 04 Sentenced to Death 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Crochet Mysteries Books 16 books · 2008–2025
01 Hooked on Murder 2008 Buy ↗ 02 Dead Men Don't Crochet 2008 Buy ↗ 03 By Hook or by Crook 2009 Buy ↗ 04 A Stitch in Crime 2009 Buy ↗ 05 You Better Knot Die 2010 Buy ↗ 06 Behind the Seams 2011 Buy ↗ 07 If Hooks Could Kill 2012 Buy ↗ 08 For Better or Worsted 2013 Buy ↗ 10 Seams Like Murder 2016 Buy ↗ 11 Hooking for Trouble 2016 Buy ↗ 13 Hooks Can Be Deceiving 2018 Buy ↗ 14 One for the Hooks 2021 Buy ↗ 16 Murder by the Hook 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of A Crochet and Crumpets Mystery Books 1 book · 2025
01 Death Among the Stitches 2025 Buy ↗